Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested was 36,552 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Malawi stood at 36,552 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 66,575 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Malawi 22nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 4,300 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 4,600 ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 6,209 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 7,004 ha | +12.8% |
| 1992 | 6,100 ha | -12.9% |
| 1993 | 6,091 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 5,514 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 5,492 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 5,300 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 4,677 ha | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 4,526 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 4,380 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 4,481 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 4,557 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 5,362 ha | +17.7% |
| 2003 | 6,100 ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 6,184 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 6,436 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 5,581 ha | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 5,345 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 7,907 ha | +47.9% |
| 2009 | 9,310 ha | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 10,099 ha | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 7,000 ha | -30.7% |
| 2012 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 39,759 ha | +468.0% |
| 2014 | 66,575 ha | +67.4% |
| 2015 | 60,926 ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 53,663 ha | -11.9% |
| 2017 | 49,525 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 57,192 ha | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 47,000 ha | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 39,502 ha | -16.0% |
| 2021 | 43,078 ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 38,065 ha | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 37,541 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 36,552 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,244 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,240 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,770 ha | 5,700 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,529 ha | 4,380 ha | 7,004 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,126 ha | 4,481 ha | 9,310 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,874 ha | 7,000 ha | 66,575 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,948 ha | 36,552 ha | 43,078 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Malawi?
- Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Malawi was 36,552 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 66,575 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 22nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested. 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.