Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 875 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Malawi is 875 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.2% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Malawi peaked at 1,170 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 321.6 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Malawi 82nd out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 798.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 801.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 800 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 798.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 801 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 800 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 859.1 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 804.8 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 782.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 679.8 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1971 | 871.6 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1972 | 887.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 770.5 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1974 | 690.4 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1975 | 690.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 690.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 696 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 680 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 680 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 708 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 720 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 680 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 703.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 713.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 878.2 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1986 | 941 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 774.5 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1988 | 799.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 446 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 1990 | 769.9 kg/ha | +72.6% |
| 1991 | 821.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 396 kg/ha | -51.8% |
| 1993 | 901.7 kg/ha | +127.7% |
| 1994 | 321.6 kg/ha | -64.3% |
| 1995 | 355 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 563.3 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 1997 | 707.5 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1998 | 720.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 771.4 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 723.2 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 855.8 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 767.4 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 826.6 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 703.6 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 568.2 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2006 | 830.3 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 2007 | 1,014 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2008 | 913.9 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 1,031 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 1,008 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,056 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 1,042 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,050 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,057 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 742.9 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2016 | 743.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 991.7 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2018 | 850.6 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2019 | 862.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,065 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2021 | 988.5 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 1,007 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 1,170 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2024 | 875 kg/ha | -25.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 875 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 875 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +127.7% | 396 kg/ha | 901.7 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +72.6% | 446 kg/ha | 769.9 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -64.3% | 901.7 kg/ha | 321.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 805.17 kg/ha | 782.9 kg/ha | 859.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 733.68 kg/ha | 679.8 kg/ha | 887.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 736.35 kg/ha | 446 kg/ha | 941 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 632.84 kg/ha | 321.6 kg/ha | 901.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 823.41 kg/ha | 568.2 kg/ha | 1,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 940.29 kg/ha | 742.9 kg/ha | 1,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,021 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 1,170 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- 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 — yield in Malawi?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Malawi was 875 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,170 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 321.6 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Malawi rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Malawi ranks 82nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.