Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price in Malawi
Malawi: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price was 2.33 million LCU in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price in Malawi, 1996–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price in Malawi is 2.33 million LCU, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 39.4% on the previous year and up 689.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price in Malawi peaked at 2.33 million LCU in 2017 and was at its lowest, 25,260 LCU, in 1996.
That places Malawi 16th out of 85 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price in Malawi, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 25,260 LCU | — |
| 1997 | 29,410 LCU | +16.4% |
| 1998 | 35,360 LCU | +20.2% |
| 1999 | 56,660 LCU | +60.2% |
| 2000 | 73,370 LCU | +29.5% |
| 2001 | 91,660 LCU | +24.9% |
| 2002 | 96,150 LCU | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 126,810 LCU | +31.9% |
| 2004 | 173,680 LCU | +37.0% |
| 2005 | 217,000 LCU | +24.9% |
| 2006 | 248,000 LCU | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 295,000 LCU | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 395,000 LCU | +33.9% |
| 2009 | 472,123 LCU | +19.5% |
| 2010 | 510,282 LCU | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 548,990 LCU | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 764,095 LCU | +39.2% |
| 2013 | 1.12 million LCU | +46.4% |
| 2014 | 1.60 million LCU | +42.9% |
| 2015 | 1.50 million LCU | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 1.67 million LCU | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 2.33 million LCU | +39.4% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 2.33 million LCU is above the median for low income countries, which is 2.33 million LCU, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 2.33 million LCU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.40 million LCU, 1.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36,672 LCU | 25,260 LCU | 56,660 LCU | 4 |
| 2000s | 218,879 LCU | 73,370 LCU | 472,123 LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 million LCU | 510,282 LCU | 2.33 million LCU | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price in Malawi?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price in Malawi was 2.33 million LCU in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2.33 million LCU in 2017.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,260 LCU in 1996.
- How does Malawi rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price?
- Malawi ranks 16th out of 85 countries with data for 2017.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producer price rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 689.8%. 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 Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.