Potato yields in Malawi
Malawi: Potato yields was 19.18 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potato yields in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, potato yields in Malawi stood at 19.18 tonnes per hectare. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potato yields in Malawi peaked at 19.18 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.8 tonnes per hectare, in 1995.
Malawi ranks 84th of 158 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.31 tonnes per hectare | 6 tonnes per hectare | 6.67 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.89 tonnes per hectare | 6.42 tonnes per hectare | 7.22 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.74 tonnes per hectare | 7 tonnes per hectare | 10.44 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.42 tonnes per hectare | 5.8 tonnes per hectare | 13.6 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.12 tonnes per hectare | 9.04 tonnes per hectare | 16.19 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.89 tonnes per hectare | 15.83 tonnes per hectare | 18.42 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.65 tonnes per hectare | 18.03 tonnes per hectare | 19.18 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.04 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potato yields in Malawi?
- Potato yields in Malawi was 19.18 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest potato yields recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 19.18 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest potato yields recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8 tonnes per hectare in 1995.
- How does Malawi rank for potato yields?
- Malawi ranks 84th out of 158 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potato yields rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Potato yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.