Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Malawi
Malawi: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.0017 1000 An per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Malawi is 0.0017 1000 An per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Malawi peaked at 0.0034 1000 An per person in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0008 1000 An per person, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 132nd of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +63.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | +9.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | -11.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.001 1000 An per person | -40.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0012 1000 An per person | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | +37.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | -40.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0013 1000 An per person | +34.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | +36.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0019 1000 An per person | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.002 1000 An per person | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0024 1000 An per person | +34.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0034 1000 An per person | +42.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0022 1000 An per person | -36.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0022 1000 An per person | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0022 1000 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.002 1000 An per person | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -14.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0017 1000 An per person | -3.9% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.0017 1000 An per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0015 1000 An per person, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.0017 1000 An per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0018 1000 An per person, 94% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +63.0% | 0.0009 1000 An per person | 0.0015 1000 An per person |
| 2018 | +42.6% | 0.0024 1000 An per person | 0.0034 1000 An per person |
| 2002 | -40.6% | 0.0016 1000 An per person | 0.001 1000 An per person |
| 2006 | -40.2% | 0.0016 1000 An per person | 0.0009 1000 An per person |
| 2019 | -36.6% | 0.0034 1000 An per person | 0.0022 1000 An per person |
| 2004 | +37.3% | 0.0012 1000 An per person | 0.0016 1000 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0009 1000 An per person | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 0.0015 1000 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0017 1000 An per person | 0.0015 1000 An per person | 0.0018 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0016 1000 An per person | 0.0015 1000 An per person | 0.0018 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 1000 An per person | 0.0015 1000 An per person | 0.0017 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0014 1000 An per person | 0.0009 1000 An per person | 0.0018 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0021 1000 An per person | 0.0018 1000 An per person | 0.0034 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.002 1000 An per person | 0.0017 1000 An per person | 0.0022 1000 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Malawi?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Malawi was 0.0017 1000 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0034 1000 An per person in 2018.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0008 1000 An per person in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.