Millet — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Millet — Area harvested was 69,059 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 69,059 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 70,303 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 30th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 10,870 ha | -27.5% |
| 1984 | 15,340 ha | +41.1% |
| 1985 | 17,413 ha | +13.5% |
| 1986 | 17,424 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 18,163 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 19,439 ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 17,916 ha | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 19,583 ha | +9.3% |
| 1991 | 14,979 ha | -23.5% |
| 1992 | 14,767 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 24,169 ha | +63.7% |
| 1994 | 23,958 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 27,953 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 34,994 ha | +25.2% |
| 1997 | 38,634 ha | +10.4% |
| 1998 | 35,166 ha | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 33,672 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 34,257 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 34,169 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 34,234 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 38,758 ha | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 37,368 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 41,192 ha | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 41,491 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 44,878 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 43,988 ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 42,538 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 47,892 ha | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 46,351 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 45,158 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 48,756 ha | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 49,598 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 50,407 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 51,677 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 55,392 ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 54,230 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 58,119 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 57,371 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 57,856 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 60,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 70,303 ha | +16.4% |
| 2024 | 69,059 ha | -1.8% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 69,059 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 69,059 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 96% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +63.7% | 14,767 ha | 24,169 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,000 ha | 0 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,556 ha | 10,870 ha | 19,439 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,788 ha | 14,767 ha | 38,634 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,287 ha | 34,169 ha | 44,878 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,758 ha | 45,158 ha | 58,119 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,998 ha | 57,371 ha | 70,303 ha | 5 |
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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 millet — area harvested in Malawi?
- Millet — area harvested in Malawi was 69,059 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 70,303 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for millet — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 30th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.2%. 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 Millet — 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.