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 27th out of 167 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 24 Algeria 68,167 ha compare
- 25 Indonesia 67,530 ha compare
- 26 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,617 ha compare
- 28 Syrian Arab Republic 49,688 ha compare
- 29 Guinea 45,686 ha compare
- 30 Australia and New Zealand 45,037 ha 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 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 27th out of 167 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.