Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Malawi
Malawi: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β Value was 35 kcal/cap/d in 2024. βΌ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Malawi, 2001β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value in Malawi stood at 35 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 133.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value in Malawi peaked at 71 kcal/cap/d in 2005 and was at its lowest, 15 kcal/cap/d, in 2014.
Malawi ranks 50th of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.89 kcal/cap/d | 26 kcal/cap/d | 71 kcal/cap/d | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.9 kcal/cap/d | 15 kcal/cap/d | 46 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 29 kcal/cap/d | 19 kcal/cap/d | 36 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value in Malawi?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value in Malawi was 35 kcal/cap/d in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 71 kcal/cap/d in 2005.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value?
- Malawi ranks 50th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β value rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 133.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) β Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.