Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Malawi
Malawi: Maize and products — Food supply quantity was 128.27 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — food supply quantity in Malawi stood at 128.27 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply quantity in Malawi peaked at 157.2 kg/cap in 2012 and was at its lowest, 128.27 kg/cap, in 2023.
Malawi ranks 1st of 161 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 149.75 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 151 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 157.2 kg/cap | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 144.39 kg/cap | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 133.7 kg/cap | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 136.58 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 139.52 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 130.14 kg/cap | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 132.29 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 143.82 kg/cap | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 138.11 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 140.51 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 132.43 kg/cap | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 128.27 kg/cap | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 141.84 kg/cap | 130.14 kg/cap | 157.2 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 134.83 kg/cap | 128.27 kg/cap | 140.51 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 2 Mexico 123.94 kg/cap compare
- 3 Zambia 101.83 kg/cap compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 52.63 kg/cap compare
- 4 Cabo Verde 55.1 kg/cap compare
- 4 Lesotho 93.99 kg/cap 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 quantity in Malawi?
- Maize and products — food supply quantity in Malawi was 128.27 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 157.2 kg/cap in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 128.27 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Malawi rank for maize and products — food supply quantity?
- Malawi ranks 1st out of 161 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply quantity 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.