Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 21,997 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Malawi, 2017–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Malawi stood at 21,997 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% over ten years.
That places Malawi 37th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 21,831 kg/ha | — |
| 2018 | 22,115 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 21,963 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 21,963 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 22,020 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 21,983 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 21,988 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 21,997 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 21,997 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 14,584 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 21,997 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21,970 kg/ha | 21,831 kg/ha | 22,115 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2020s | 21,990 kg/ha | 21,963 kg/ha | 22,020 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Malawi?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Malawi was 21,997 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 22,115 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,831 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Malawi rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Malawi ranks 37th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.