Okra — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Okra — Yield was 1,994 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Malawi, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in Malawi is 1,994 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Malawi peaked at 2,283 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,417 kg/ha, in 2003.
Malawi ranks 47th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,541 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 1,531 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,520 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,510 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,489 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,479 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,469 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,458 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,448 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,438 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,428 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,417 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,422 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,442 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,462 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,482 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,502 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 1,522 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,542 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 1,562 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,607 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,619 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,641 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1,699 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1,614 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 1,810 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 2,283 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2019 | 1,933 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2020 | 1,974 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 2,007 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,968 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,973 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,994 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 1,994 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,726 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 1,994 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,327 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Yield in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +26.2% | 1,810 kg/ha | 2,283 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | 1,541 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,456 kg/ha | 1,417 kg/ha | 1,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,731 kg/ha | 1,542 kg/ha | 2,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,983 kg/ha | 1,968 kg/ha | 2,007 kg/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 — yield in Malawi?
- Okra — yield in Malawi was 1,994 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,283 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,417 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Malawi rank for okra — yield?
- Malawi ranks 47th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.