Oranges — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Oranges — Area harvested was 13,928 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Malawi, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 13,928 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 54.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 13,928 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,000 ha, in 2014.
Malawi ranks 31st of 136 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 2015 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 9,200 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 9,700 ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 9,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 11,600 ha | +22.1% |
| 2020 | 11,903 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 13,159 ha | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 13,214 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 13,523 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 13,928 ha | +3.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 13,928 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,476 ha, 3.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 13,928 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,452 ha, 2.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9,750 ha | 9,000 ha | 11,600 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 13,145 ha | 11,903 ha | 13,928 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 oranges — area harvested in Malawi?
- Oranges — area harvested in Malawi was 13,928 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 13,928 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,000 ha in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 31st out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.8%. 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 Oranges — 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.