Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Malawi
Malawi: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 176,812 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 176,812 t for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.6% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Malawi peaked at 199,381 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11,314 t, in 1992.
Malawi ranks 83rd of 202 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 | 50,024 t | 39,931 t | 58,864 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,774 t | 48,711 t | 70,051 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,706 t | 23,415 t | 58,942 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,773 t | 11,314 t | 45,962 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,007 t | 41,922 t | 109,020 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 145,759 t | 109,715 t | 196,856 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 189,537 t | 176,812 t | 199,381 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 80 Portugal 201,301 t compare
- 81 Syrian Arab Republic 199,634 t compare
- 82 South Sudan 179,128 t compare
- 84 Nicaragua 166,580 t compare
- 85 Dominican Republic 161,072 t compare
- 86 Angola 153,038 t 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Malawi?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in Malawi was 176,812 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 199,381 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,314 t in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- Malawi ranks 83rd out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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, Oil Equivalent — Production. 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.