Maize (corn) — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2,000 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Malawi peaked at 2,655 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 480.2 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Malawi 121st out of 178 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,043 kg/ha | 872.5 kg/ha | 1,470 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,140 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,154 kg/ha | 1,016 kg/ha | 1,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,215 kg/ha | 480.2 kg/ha | 1,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,507 kg/ha | 809.3 kg/ha | 2,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,956 kg/ha | 1,415 kg/ha | 2,334 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,113 kg/ha | 1,961 kg/ha | 2,463 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 118 Djibouti 2,041 kg/ha compare
- 119 Nigeria 2,030 kg/ha compare
- 120 Sao Tome and Principe 2,004 kg/ha compare
- 121 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 123 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 124 Afghanistan 1,926 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Malawi?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Malawi was 2,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,655 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 480.2 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Malawi ranks 121st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. 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 Maize (corn) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.