Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 531.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 531.5 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Malawi peaked at 568.4 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 124 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Malawi 108th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 271.72 kg/ha | 257.2 kg/ha | 279.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 263.68 kg/ha | 238.5 kg/ha | 304.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 268.09 kg/ha | 187.3 kg/ha | 325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240.16 kg/ha | 124 kg/ha | 317.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 346.39 kg/ha | 248.4 kg/ha | 444.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 433.86 kg/ha | 358.6 kg/ha | 512.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 545.2 kg/ha | 527.2 kg/ha | 568.4 kg/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 — yield in Malawi?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Malawi was 531.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 568.4 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 124 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Malawi ranks 108th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.