Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Malawi
Malawi: Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production was 438,710 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Malawi stood at 438,710 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 328.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Malawi peaked at 438,710 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,020 t, in 1961.
That places Malawi 34th out of 172 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.
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Malawi, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,020 t | — |
| 1962 | 4,205 t | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 5,115 t | +21.6% |
| 1964 | 5,320 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 4,950 t | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 4,950 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,700 t | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 6,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 7,250 t | +20.8% |
| 1970 | 5,990 t | -17.4% |
| 1971 | 5,855 t | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 6,900 t | +17.8% |
| 1973 | 6,895 t | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 7,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 6,185 t | -11.6% |
| 1976 | 7,565 t | +22.3% |
| 1977 | 7,155 t | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 8,205 t | +14.7% |
| 1979 | 6,975 t | -15.0% |
| 1980 | 7,890 t | +13.1% |
| 1981 | 8,225 t | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 7,915 t | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 8,470 t | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 7,440 t | -12.2% |
| 1985 | 7,390 t | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 11,250 t | +52.2% |
| 1987 | 12,500 t | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 10,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 10,250 t | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 10,250 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 11,050 t | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 13,500 t | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 11,025 t | -18.3% |
| 1994 | 11,500 t | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 15,500 t | +34.8% |
| 1996 | 14,250 t | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 19,150 t | +34.4% |
| 1998 | 19,400 t | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 20,250 t | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 21,250 t | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 19,900 t | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 12,984 t | -34.8% |
| 2003 | 13,140 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 11,301 t | -14.0% |
| 2005 | 12,041 t | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 16,895 t | +40.3% |
| 2007 | 25,033 t | +48.2% |
| 2008 | 33,962 t | +35.7% |
| 2009 | 41,872 t | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 31,670 t | -24.4% |
| 2011 | 44,201 t | +39.6% |
| 2012 | 66,534 t | +50.5% |
| 2013 | 89,035 t | +33.8% |
| 2014 | 102,396 t | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 127,292 t | +24.3% |
| 2016 | 162,969 t | +28.0% |
| 2017 | 187,440 t | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 268,061 t | +43.0% |
| 2019 | 270,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 350,000 t | +29.6% |
| 2021 | 311,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 291,951 t | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 416,070 t | +42.5% |
| 2024 | 438,710 t | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,279 t | 4,020 t | 7,250 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,872 t | 5,855 t | 8,205 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,133 t | 7,390 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,588 t | 10,250 t | 20,250 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,838 t | 11,301 t | 41,872 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,960 t | 31,670 t | 270,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 361,546 t | 291,951 t | 438,710 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Malawi?
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Malawi was 438,710 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 438,710 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,020 t in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production?
- Malawi ranks 34th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 328.4%. 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 pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.