Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 263,902 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi stood at 263,902 ha.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 274,908 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 80,000 ha, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 3rd of 23 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 84,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 92,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 104,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 92,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1967 | 95,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 98,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 101,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 104,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 107,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 109,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 112,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 113,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 115,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 116,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 117,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 115,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 116,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 117,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 113,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 113,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 115,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 108,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 110,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 100,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 95,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 93,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 90,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 97,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 105,501 ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 115,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 123,259 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 126,240 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 137,057 ha | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 135,608 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 139,652 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 147,659 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 138,585 ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 155,990 ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 150,173 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 161,508 ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 167,787 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 175,734 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 190,437 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 196,552 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 203,400 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 217,068 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 223,207 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 228,817 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 246,362 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 274,908 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 249,510 ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 248,455 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 255,796 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 261,955 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 260,268 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 266,189 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 263,902 ha | -0.9% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 263,902 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,803 ha, 9.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 104,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,800 ha | 104,000 ha | 117,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 114,200 ha | 108,000 ha | 117,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 105,500 ha | 90,000 ha | 126,240 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 150,975 ha | 135,608 ha | 175,734 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 227,872 ha | 190,437 ha | 274,908 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 261,622 ha | 255,796 ha | 266,189 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 India 4.20 million ha compare
- 2 Myanmar 347,927 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 193,160 ha compare
- 4 Kenya 143,645 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,891 ha compare
- 5 Uganda 40,117 ha compare
- 6 Dominican Republic 24,232 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 pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Malawi was 263,902 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 274,908 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 3rd out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 Pigeon peas, dry — 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.