Okra — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Okra — Area harvested was 1,442 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Area harvested in Malawi, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — area harvested in Malawi is 1,442 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 1,709 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,202 ha, in 1991.
Malawi ranks 25th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,202 ha | — |
| 1992 | 1,221 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 1,241 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 1,260 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 1,280 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 1,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,321 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 1,341 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 1,362 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1,384 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1,405 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1,427 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 1,449 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1,456 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,448 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,439 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,431 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,423 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,416 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,408 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,401 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,374 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 1,382 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,357 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 1,417 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 1,328 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 1,422 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 1,709 ha | +20.2% |
| 2019 | 1,486 ha | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 1,416 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 1,450 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 1,453 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,447 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,442 ha | -0.3% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 1,442 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 16,040 ha, 9% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 1,442 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 43% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,281 ha | 1,202 ha | 1,362 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,428 ha | 1,384 ha | 1,456 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,428 ha | 1,328 ha | 1,709 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,442 ha | 1,416 ha | 1,453 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 okra — area harvested in Malawi?
- Okra — area harvested in Malawi was 1,442 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,709 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,202 ha in 1991.
- How does Malawi rank for okra — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 25th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 Okra — 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.