Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malawi
Malawi: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 36,280 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 36,280 1000 An for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi peaked at 63,539 1000 An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,840 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Malawi 119th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,866 1000 An | 2,840 1000 An | 6,880 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,814 1000 An | 7,200 1000 An | 11,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,280 1000 An | 11,200 1000 An | 14,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,680 1000 An | 14,200 1000 An | 18,800 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,328 1000 An | 11,635 1000 An | 26,500 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,782 1000 An | 27,000 1000 An | 63,539 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,233 1000 An | 36,280 1000 An | 43,418 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 116 Singapore 41,473 1000 An compare
- 117 Sudan (former) 40,000 1000 An compare
- 118 South Sudan 37,968 1000 An compare
- 120 Trinidad and Tobago 34,042 1000 An compare
- 121 Afghanistan 33,865 1000 An compare
- 122 Sudan 33,638 1000 An 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 meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi was 36,280 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 63,539 1000 An in 2018.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,840 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Malawi ranks 119th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.