Potatoes and products — Food in Malawi
Malawi: Potatoes and products — Food was 761 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 761 1000 t for potatoes and products — food in 2023.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 57.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food in Malawi peaked at 1,793 1000 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 611 1000 t, in 2015.
That places Malawi 43rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,081 1000 t | 611 1000 t | 1,793 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 716.25 1000 t | 662 1000 t | 761 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 40 Azerbaijan, Republic of 862 1000 t compare
- 41 Republic of Korea 792 1000 t compare
- 42 Rwanda 783 1000 t compare
- 44 Kyrgyz Republic 699 1000 t compare
- 45 Portugal 683 1000 t compare
- 46 Malaysia 672 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 potatoes and products — food in Malawi?
- Potatoes and products — food in Malawi was 761 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,793 1000 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 611 1000 t in 2015.
- How does Malawi rank for potatoes and products — food?
- Malawi ranks 43rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.6%. 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 Potatoes and products — 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.