Papayas — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Papayas — Area harvested was 5,020 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Area harvested in Malawi, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 5,020 ha for papayas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 5,200 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4,300 ha, in 2015.
Malawi ranks 15th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Papayas — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4,400 ha | — |
| 2015 | 4,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 4,900 ha | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 5,033 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 5,044 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 4,993 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 5,023 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 5,020 ha | -0.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 5,020 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,329 ha, 1.2× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 5,020 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,659 ha, 3.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,717 ha | 4,300 ha | 5,200 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 5,023 ha | 4,993 ha | 5,044 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 12 Colombia 7,504 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 95 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 7,219 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 19,304 ha compare
- 14 Bangladesh 7,155 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 0 ha
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 5,859 ha compare
- 16 Mali 4,778 ha compare
- 17 Mozambique 4,329 ha compare
- 18 Thailand 4,056 ha compare
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 papayas — area harvested in Malawi?
- Papayas — area harvested in Malawi was 5,020 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 5,200 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,300 ha in 2015.
- How does Malawi rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 15th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. 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 Papayas — 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.