Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 747.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Malawi, 1983–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malawi is 747.4 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.6% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malawi peaked at 1,327 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 375 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Malawi 30th out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 482.14 kg/ha | 375 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 747.56 kg/ha | 570.9 kg/ha | 818.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 735.15 kg/ha | 684.7 kg/ha | 785.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 873.74 kg/ha | 615 kg/ha | 1,327 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 864.08 kg/ha | 577.5 kg/ha | 1,247 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 27 Zambia 849.7 kg/ha compare
- 28 Burkina Faso 791.9 kg/ha compare
- 29 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 769.1 kg/ha compare
- 31 Ghana 687.6 kg/ha compare
- 32 Ethiopia PDR 666.7 kg/ha compare
- 33 Uzbekistan 649.2 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malawi?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Malawi was 747.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,327 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 375 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Malawi rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Malawi ranks 30th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.