Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 748,219 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Malawi stood at 748,219 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 865,900 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 100,458 ha, in 1990.
Malawi ranks 50th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 240,085 ha | 192,366 ha | 277,234 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 292,490 ha | 274,116 ha | 305,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 234,043 ha | 181,970 ha | 292,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 160,924 ha | 100,458 ha | 228,288 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 347,586 ha | 214,353 ha | 447,266 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 637,643 ha | 428,504 ha | 865,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 728,711 ha | 690,861 ha | 748,219 ha | 5 |
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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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Malawi?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Malawi was 748,219 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 865,900 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,458 ha in 1990.
- How does Malawi rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 50th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.