Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 400,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malawi is 400,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 525,000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48,185 ha, in 1990.
That places Malawi 17th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 159,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 186,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1963 | 195,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 179,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 196,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 200,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 220,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 210,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 230,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 223,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 247,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1972 | 247,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 239,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 239,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 239,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 239,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 250,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 146,314 ha | -41.5% |
| 1984 | 144,935 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 135,966 ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 176,293 ha | +29.7% |
| 1987 | 209,938 ha | +19.1% |
| 1988 | 175,819 ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 139,691 ha | -20.5% |
| 1990 | 48,185 ha | -65.5% |
| 1991 | 69,978 ha | +45.2% |
| 1992 | 64,386 ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 61,040 ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 95,309 ha | +56.1% |
| 1995 | 89,373 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 71,586 ha | -19.9% |
| 1997 | 100,140 ha | +39.9% |
| 1998 | 140,747 ha | +40.6% |
| 1999 | 170,517 ha | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 169,078 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 181,337 ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 205,726 ha | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 229,996 ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 218,028 ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 248,276 ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 244,567 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 258,111 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 266,115 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 266,946 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 295,236 ha | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 308,094 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 353,190 ha | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 362,824 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 375,991 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 369,987 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 369,987 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 389,546 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 405,084 ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 525,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 2020 | 400,000 ha | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 407,692 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 431,881 ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 400,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 400,000 ha | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 400,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 3.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 400,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 3.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -65.5% | 139,691 ha | 48,185 ha |
| 1994 | +56.1% | 61,040 ha | 95,309 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,222 ha | 159,000 ha | 230,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 242,300 ha | 223,000 ha | 250,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 187,896 ha | 135,966 ha | 250,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,126 ha | 48,185 ha | 170,517 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 228,818 ha | 169,078 ha | 266,946 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 375,494 ha | 295,236 ha | 525,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 407,915 ha | 400,000 ha | 431,881 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 14 Cameroon 540,000 ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,514 ha compare
- 15 Mali 526,150 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 ha compare
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
- 18 Ghana 370,000 ha compare
- 19 Angola 369,237 ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 50,979 ha compare
- 20 Uganda 330,000 ha compare
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malawi?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Malawi was 400,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 525,000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,185 ha in 1990.
- How does Malawi rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 17th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.