Chickens — Stocks in Malawi
Malawi: Chickens — Stocks was 20,039 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Stocks in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 20,039 1000 An for chickens — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Malawi peaked at 20,039 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,800 1000 An, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 98th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chickens — Stocks in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,800 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 1000 An | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 3,200 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 3,300 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 3,500 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 3,700 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 3,900 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 4,000 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 6,700 1000 An | +67.5% |
| 1970 | 7,300 1000 An | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 6,700 1000 An | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 7,000 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 7,300 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 7,500 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 7,700 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 7,800 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 7,850 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 8,100 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 8,300 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 8,600 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 8,800 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 9,000 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 9,200 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 9,400 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 9,600 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 9,800 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 10,000 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 10,500 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 11,000 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 11,500 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 12,000 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 11,000 1000 An | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 12,500 1000 An | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 13,000 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 13,500 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 14,000 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 14,200 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 14,500 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 14,700 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 14,700 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14,700 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 14,700 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14,600 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 14,700 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 15,600 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 15,200 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 15,300 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 15,500 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 15,700 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 16,000 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 16,500 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 17,000 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 17,200 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 18,000 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 18,081 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 18,300 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 18,538 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 18,846 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 19,151 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 19,467 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 19,754 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 19,453 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 19,748 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 20,039 1000 An | +1.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 20,039 1000 An is above the median for low income countries, which is 19,960 1000 An, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 20,039 1000 An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,572 1000 An, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +67.5% | 4,000 1000 An | 6,700 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,789 1000 An | 2,800 1000 An | 6,700 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,555 1000 An | 6,700 1000 An | 8,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,590 1000 An | 8,600 1000 An | 11,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,090 1000 An | 11,000 1000 An | 14,700 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,070 1000 An | 14,600 1000 An | 15,700 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,762 1000 An | 16,000 1000 An | 19,151 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,692 1000 An | 19,453 1000 An | 20,039 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 95 Brunei Darussalam 21,381 1000 An compare
- 96 Niger 21,024 1000 An compare
- 97 Denmark 20,718 1000 An compare
- 99 Mozambique 19,881 1000 An compare
- 100 El Salvador 19,093 1000 An compare
- 101 Benin 19,049 1000 An compare
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 chickens — stocks in Malawi?
- Chickens — stocks in Malawi was 20,039 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 20,039 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for chickens — stocks?
- Malawi ranks 98th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chickens — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.