Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 15,447 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malawi is 15,447 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 111.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 15,447 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,147 ha, in 1997.
Malawi ranks 44th of 140 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.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 4,300 ha | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 4,390 ha | -12.2% |
| 1991 | 5,100 ha | +16.2% |
| 1992 | 4,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 4,953 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 5,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 2,147 ha | -46.3% |
| 1998 | 2,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 2,380 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 2,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 2,923 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 2,927 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,930 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,500 ha | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,699 ha | +88.0% |
| 2014 | 7,308 ha | +55.5% |
| 2015 | 7,283 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7,371 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 8,666 ha | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 9,188 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 13,000 ha | +41.5% |
| 2020 | 14,534 ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 13,056 ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 13,412 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 14,461 ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 15,447 ha | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,800 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,610 ha | 3,300 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,560 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,994 ha | 2,147 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,588 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,927 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,544 ha | 2,500 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,182 ha | 13,056 ha | 15,447 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malawi?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Malawi was 15,447 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 15,447 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,147 ha in 1997.
- How does Malawi rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 44th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.4%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested. 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.