Plantains — Food supply in Malawi
Malawi: Plantains — Food supply was 36.37 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Plantains — Food supply in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains — food supply in Malawi is 36.37 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Malawi peaked at 44.06 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 36.37 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Malawi 23rd out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 44.06 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 43.37 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 42.76 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 41.9 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 40.97 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 41.59 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 41.09 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 40.64 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 40.1 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 38.47 kcal/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 37.72 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 37.31 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 37.09 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 36.37 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41.49 kcal/cap/d | 38.47 kcal/cap/d | 44.06 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.12 kcal/cap/d | 36.37 kcal/cap/d | 37.72 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 20 Myanmar 41.67 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41.57 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Jamaica 39.48 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Haiti 27.63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 Cabo Verde 0.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 North Macedonia 25.65 kcal/cap/d compare
- 26 Congo 25.61 kcal/cap/d 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 plantains — food supply in Malawi?
- Plantains — food supply in Malawi was 36.37 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 44.06 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.37 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Malawi rank for plantains — food supply?
- Malawi ranks 23rd out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. 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 Plantains — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.