Maize and products — Food supply in Malawi
Malawi: Maize and products — Food supply was 1,117 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 1,117 kcal/cap/d for maize and products — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Malawi peaked at 1,368 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,117 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Malawi 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,303 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,314 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,368 kcal/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 1,257 kcal/cap/d | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 1,164 kcal/cap/d | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 1,189 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 1,214 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 1,133 kcal/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 1,151 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,252 kcal/cap/d | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 1,202 kcal/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 1,223 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,153 kcal/cap/d | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 1,117 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,235 kcal/cap/d | 1,133 kcal/cap/d | 1,368 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,174 kcal/cap/d | 1,117 kcal/cap/d | 1,223 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 2 Mexico 1,029 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Zambia 856.78 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 356.32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Cabo Verde 401.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Lesotho 848.8 kcal/cap/d 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 maize and products — food supply in Malawi?
- Maize and products — food supply in Malawi was 1,117 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,368 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,117 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Malawi rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Malawi ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.