Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 36,821 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Malawi stood at 36,821 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 53,449 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 22,000 ha, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 17th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 24,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 24,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 24,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 26,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 29,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 30,500 ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 31,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 33,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 34,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 36,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 38,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 40,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 40,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 41,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 42,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 43,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 44,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 47,500 ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 47,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 50,677 ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 50,754 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 52,605 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 53,449 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 51,585 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 47,210 ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 42,000 ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 38,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2001 | 35,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 32,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 30,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 34,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 35,710 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 35,784 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 35,910 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 35,950 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 36,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 35,866 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 35,706 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 37,723 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 36,432 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 35,103 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 36,419 ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 35,985 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 35,495 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 35,832 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 36,243 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 36,534 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 36,821 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,333 ha | 22,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,400 ha | 24,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,690 ha | 34,500 ha | 43,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,758 ha | 42,000 ha | 53,449 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,749 ha | 30,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,109 ha | 35,103 ha | 37,723 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,185 ha | 35,495 ha | 36,821 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Malawi?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Malawi was 36,821 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 53,449 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 17th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. 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.