Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 50,120 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Malawi is 50,120 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 113.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 50,120 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 1961.
That places Malawi 23rd out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 160 ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 320 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 341 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 1,034 ha | +203.2% |
| 1992 | 781 ha | -24.5% |
| 1993 | 851 ha | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 773 ha | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 803 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 799 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 703 ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 703 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 703 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 648 ha | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 630 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 608 ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 588 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 574 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 559 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 537 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 535 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 534 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 500 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 492 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 473 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 23,462 ha | +4860.3% |
| 2015 | 25,056 ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 23,645 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 26,536 ha | +12.2% |
| 2018 | 28,728 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 40,630 ha | +41.4% |
| 2020 | 39,119 ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 45,445 ha | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 45,718 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 47,347 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 50,120 ha | +5.9% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 50,120 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 7,542 ha, 6.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 50,120 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 7.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +4860.3% | 473 ha | 23,462 ha |
| 1991 | +203.2% | 341 ha | 1,034 ha |
| 2019 | +41.4% | 28,728 ha | 40,630 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181.11 ha | 140 ha | 230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 260 ha | 240 ha | 280 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 318 ha | 300 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 749.1 ha | 341 ha | 1,034 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 571.3 ha | 500 ha | 648 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,002 ha | 473 ha | 40,630 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,550 ha | 39,119 ha | 50,120 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Malawi?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Malawi was 50,120 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 50,120 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 23rd out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested. 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.