Chick peas, dry — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Chick peas, dry — Yield was 871.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Chick peas, dry — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chick peas, dry — yield in Malawi is 871.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — yield in Malawi peaked at 954.4 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 352.9 kg/ha, in 1992.
Malawi ranks 42nd of 54 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Chick peas, dry — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 642.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 666.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 647.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 647.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 631.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 650 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 650 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 619 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 651.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 636.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 636.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 681.8 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 681.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 652.2 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 680.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 680 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 680 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 680 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 666.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 631.6 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 627.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 628.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 606.1 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 393.2 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1987 | 434.1 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 437.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 408.5 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 375.8 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 380 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 352.9 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 367.8 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 374 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 380.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 397.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 391.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 395.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 404.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 397.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 404.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 413.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 423.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 428 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 436.2 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 397.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 408.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 483.5 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2009 | 509.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 540.9 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 576.9 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 582.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 582.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 634.9 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 702.3 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 689.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 832.7 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2018 | 824.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 954.4 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 477.1 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 942.1 kg/ha | +97.5% |
| 2022 | 874.1 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 865 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 871.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 871.1 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 871.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 871.1 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 769.2 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — Yield in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +97.5% | 477.1 kg/ha | 942.1 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -50.0% | 954.4 kg/ha | 477.1 kg/ha |
| 1986 | -35.1% | 606.1 kg/ha | 393.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 646.79 kg/ha | 619 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 666.07 kg/ha | 636.4 kg/ha | 681.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 550.04 kg/ha | 393.2 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 382.08 kg/ha | 352.9 kg/ha | 404.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 430.24 kg/ha | 397.7 kg/ha | 509.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 692.18 kg/ha | 540.9 kg/ha | 954.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 805.88 kg/ha | 477.1 kg/ha | 942.1 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chick peas, dry — yield in Malawi?
- Chick peas, dry — yield in Malawi was 871.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 954.4 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 352.9 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for chick peas, dry — yield?
- Malawi ranks 42nd out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chick peas, dry — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.