Potatoes — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Potatoes — Area harvested was 75,977 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 75,977 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 258,585 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 32nd of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 35,000 ha | +169.2% |
| 1974 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 38,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 32,177 ha | -25.2% |
| 1988 | 31,597 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 47,260 ha | +49.6% |
| 1990 | 34,299 ha | -27.4% |
| 1991 | 53,949 ha | +57.3% |
| 1992 | 25,741 ha | -52.3% |
| 1993 | 40,683 ha | +58.0% |
| 1994 | 40,995 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 68,483 ha | +67.1% |
| 1996 | 77,846 ha | +13.7% |
| 1997 | 101,813 ha | +30.8% |
| 1998 | 148,197 ha | +45.6% |
| 1999 | 164,018 ha | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 177,834 ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 210,683 ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 110,734 ha | -47.4% |
| 2003 | 143,924 ha | +30.0% |
| 2004 | 180,572 ha | +25.5% |
| 2005 | 164,421 ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 173,062 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 188,176 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 205,043 ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 211,691 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 228,738 ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 225,930 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 241,394 ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 258,585 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 58,604 ha | -77.3% |
| 2015 | 61,655 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 63,040 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 66,604 ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 68,133 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 70,310 ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 73,105 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 76,461 ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 77,254 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 80,623 ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 75,977 ha | -5.8% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 75,977 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 1.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 75,977 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 5.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +169.2% | 13,000 ha | 35,000 ha |
| 2014 | -77.3% | 258,585 ha | 58,604 ha |
| 1995 | +67.1% | 40,995 ha | 68,483 ha |
| 1992 | -52.3% | 53,949 ha | 25,741 ha |
| 1993 | +58.0% | 25,741 ha | 40,683 ha |
| 1991 | +57.3% | 34,299 ha | 53,949 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,111 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,700 ha | 13,000 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,603 ha | 31,597 ha | 47,260 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,602 ha | 25,741 ha | 164,018 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 176,614 ha | 110,734 ha | 211,691 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,299 ha | 58,604 ha | 258,585 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,684 ha | 73,105 ha | 80,623 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 0 ha compare
- 29 Rwanda 104,518 ha compare
- 30 Belgium 100,470 ha compare
- 31 Serbia and Montenegro 95,347 ha compare
- 33 Romania 75,940 ha compare
- 34 Japan 69,221 ha compare
- 35 South Africa 69,129 ha 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 potatoes — area harvested in Malawi?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Malawi was 75,977 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 258,585 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 32nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.