Fruit Primary — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Fruit Primary — Yield was 15,206 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 15,206 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Malawi peaked at 15,328 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,676 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Malawi 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,681 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,749 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 3,676 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 3,741 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 3,680 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 3,705 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 3,796 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 3,858 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 3,917 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 3,925 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 3,992 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 4,103 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 4,183 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 4,233 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 4,279 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 4,270 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 4,263 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 4,332 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 4,330 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,360 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 4,435 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 4,447 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 4,428 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 4,500 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 4,652 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 4,657 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 4,706 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 4,772 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 4,783 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 4,838 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 4,908 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 4,936 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 4,944 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 4,983 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 5,061 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 5,166 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 5,488 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 7,287 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2000 | 7,931 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 8,262 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 8,835 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 9,540 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 9,863 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 9,963 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 9,964 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,050 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 10,254 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 10,454 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 10,641 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 10,778 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 10,865 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 12,448 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2014 | 13,322 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 13,594 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 14,045 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 14,532 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 15,137 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 14,424 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 14,085 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 15,328 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 14,926 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 15,150 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 15,206 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 15,206 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 6,341 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 15,206 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +32.8% | 5,488 kg/ha | 7,287 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,756 kg/ha | 3,676 kg/ha | 3,917 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,191 kg/ha | 3,925 kg/ha | 4,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,540 kg/ha | 4,360 kg/ha | 4,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,239 kg/ha | 4,783 kg/ha | 7,287 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,512 kg/ha | 7,931 kg/ha | 10,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,979 kg/ha | 10,641 kg/ha | 15,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,939 kg/ha | 14,085 kg/ha | 15,328 kg/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 fruit primary — yield in Malawi?
- Fruit primary — yield in Malawi was 15,206 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 15,328 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,676 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Malawi rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Malawi ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. 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 Fruit Primary — Yield. 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.