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 107th of 207 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.
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
- 104 Brunei Darussalam 21,381 1000 An compare
- 105 Niger 21,024 1000 An compare
- 106 Denmark 20,718 1000 An compare
- 108 Mozambique 19,881 1000 An compare
- 109 Syrian Arab Republic 19,501 1000 An compare
- 110 El Salvador 19,093 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (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 107th out of 207 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.