Plantains — Food in Malawi
Malawi: Plantains — Food was 377 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 377 1000 t for plantains — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food in Malawi peaked at 377 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 321 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Malawi 19th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 342.9 1000 t | 321 1000 t | 365 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 370.25 1000 t | 362 1000 t | 377 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 531 1000 t compare
- 17 United Republic of Tanzania 463 1000 t compare
- 18 Guatemala 403 1000 t compare
- 20 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 329 1000 t compare
- 21 Gabon 272 1000 t compare
- 22 Nicaragua 185 1000 t 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 plantains — food in Malawi?
- Plantains — food in Malawi was 377 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 377 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest plantains — food recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 321 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for plantains — food?
- Malawi ranks 19th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. 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 — Food. 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.