Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi
Malawi: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 4.24 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi is 4.24 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi peaked at 5.57 ha per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5111 ha per square kilometre, in 1990.
Malawi ranks 4th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.69 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.97 ha per square kilometre | +17.0% |
| 1963 | 2.07 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 1.9 ha per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 2.08 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 2.12 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 2.33 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 2.23 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 2.37 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 2.62 ha per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 1972 | 2.62 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2.54 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 2.54 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2.54 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2.54 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.55 ha per square kilometre | -41.5% |
| 1984 | 1.54 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 1.87 ha per square kilometre | +29.7% |
| 1987 | 2.23 ha per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 1988 | 1.86 ha per square kilometre | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 1.48 ha per square kilometre | -20.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5111 ha per square kilometre | -65.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7422 ha per square kilometre | +45.2% |
| 1992 | 0.6829 ha per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 0.6474 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | +56.1% |
| 1995 | 0.948 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 0.7593 ha per square kilometre | -19.9% |
| 1997 | 1.06 ha per square kilometre | +39.9% |
| 1998 | 1.49 ha per square kilometre | +40.5% |
| 1999 | 1.81 ha per square kilometre | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 1.79 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.92 ha per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 2.18 ha per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 2.31 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 2.63 ha per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 2.59 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 2.74 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 2.82 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 2.83 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 3.13 ha per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 3.27 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 3.75 ha per square kilometre | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 3.85 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 3.99 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 3.92 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 3.92 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4.13 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 4.3 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 5.57 ha per square kilometre | +29.6% |
| 2020 | 4.24 ha per square kilometre | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 4.32 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 4.58 ha per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 4.24 ha per square kilometre | -7.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -65.5% | 1.48 ha per square kilometre | 0.5111 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.09 ha per square kilometre | 1.69 ha per square kilometre | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.57 ha per square kilometre | 2.37 ha per square kilometre | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.99 ha per square kilometre | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9665 ha per square kilometre | 0.5111 ha per square kilometre | 1.81 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.43 ha per square kilometre | 1.79 ha per square kilometre | 2.83 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.98 ha per square kilometre | 3.13 ha per square kilometre | 5.57 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.35 ha per square kilometre | 4.24 ha per square kilometre | 4.58 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi was 4.24 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 5.57 ha per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5111 ha per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Malawi rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 4th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.