Plums and sloes — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Plums and sloes — Yield was 5,728 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in Malawi, 2017–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 5,728 kg/ha for plums and sloes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
That places Malawi 51st out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6,609 kg/ha | — |
| 2018 | 6,522 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 5,174 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2020 | 5,996 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2021 | 5,816 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 5,629 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 5,795 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 5,728 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 5,728 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,497 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6,102 kg/ha | 5,174 kg/ha | 6,609 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2020s | 5,793 kg/ha | 5,629 kg/ha | 5,996 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 plums and sloes — yield in Malawi?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Malawi was 5,728 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 6,609 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,174 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Malawi rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Malawi ranks 51st out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. 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 Plums and sloes — Yield. 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.