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 33rd of 93 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 31 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 72,422 ha compare
- 32 Cameroon 72,000 ha compare
- 34 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61,262 ha compare
- 35 Kazakhstan 60,923 ha compare
- 36 South Sudan 50,000 ha 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 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 33rd out of 93 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.