Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malawi
Malawi: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 374 t in 1990. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malawi, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 374 t for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 1990.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malawi peaked at 700 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 300 t, in 1969.
That places Malawi 62nd out of 75 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malawi, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 t | — |
| 1962 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 t | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 t | +66.7% |
| 1974 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 600 t | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 700 t | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 600 t | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 400 t | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 500 t | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 400 t | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 500 t | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 400 t | -20.0% |
| 1988 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 374 t | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 388.89 t | 300 t | 400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 500 t | 300 t | 700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 480 t | 400 t | 600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 374 t | 374 t | 374 t | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 59 Brunei Darussalam 525.16 t compare
- 60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 480.88 t compare
- 61 Puerto Rico 464.85 t compare
- 63 French Polynesia 221.5 t compare
- 64 Belize 192.7 t compare
- 65 Ghana 177.25 t
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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malawi?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Malawi was 374 t in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 700 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 t in 1969.
- How does Malawi rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Malawi ranks 62nd out of 75 countries with data for 1990.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production. 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.