Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 124,813 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi is 124,813 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 124,813 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Malawi 14th out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 49,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 55,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 57,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 58,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 59,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 61,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 62,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 63,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 64,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 66,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 66,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 67,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 68,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 69,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 70,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 71,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 73,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 74,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 75,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 76,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 78,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 76,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 75,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 77,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 76,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 78,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 79,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 80,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 79,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 83,336 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 82,302 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 78,247 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 78,461 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 79,091 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 76,327 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 80,254 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 79,910 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 80,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 75,553 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 55,095 ha | -27.1% |
| 2010 | 67,196 ha | +22.0% |
| 2011 | 70,599 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 70,599 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 75,504 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 78,472 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 81,753 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 85,787 ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 100,684 ha | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 95,803 ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 97,085 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 117,132 ha | +20.6% |
| 2021 | 101,331 ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 102,154 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 116,946 ha | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 124,813 ha | +6.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 124,813 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 124,813 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 124,813 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 191,625 ha, 65% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -27.1% | 75,553 ha | 55,095 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,556 ha | 48,000 ha | 56,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,300 ha | 57,000 ha | 67,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,400 ha | 68,000 ha | 76,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,134 ha | 75,000 ha | 83,336 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,524 ha | 55,095 ha | 82,302 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,348 ha | 67,196 ha | 100,684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 112,475 ha | 101,331 ha | 124,813 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 cow peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi was 124,813 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 124,813 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 14th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.1%. 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 Cow peas, dry — 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.