Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre in Malawi
Malawi: Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre was 0.7303 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in Malawi is 0.7303 t per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in Malawi peaked at 0.7303 t per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1146 t per square kilometre, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 120th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre in Malawi, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1146 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1177 t per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.1209 t per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.1273 t per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 0.14 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1496 t per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1591 t per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 0.1655 t per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1718 t per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1697 t per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 0.1803 t per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 0.1517 t per square kilometre | -15.9% |
| 1973 | 0.2096 t per square kilometre | +38.1% |
| 1974 | 0.1951 t per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 0.2674 t per square kilometre | +37.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3515 t per square kilometre | +31.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3252 t per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 0.3551 t per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 0.3561 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3596 t per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3956 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4031 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.4126 t per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0.4306 t per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4635 t per square kilometre | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4593 t per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.4805 t per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 0.3903 t per square kilometre | -18.8% |
| 1989 | 0.3861 t per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3903 t per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.4402 t per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 1992 | 0.4667 t per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3818 t per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 1994 | 0.3288 t per square kilometre | -13.9% |
| 1995 | 0.3341 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3394 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.35 t per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3733 t per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 0.3606 t per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3712 t per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3872 t per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1802 t per square kilometre | -53.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2045 t per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3712 t per square kilometre | +81.6% |
| 2005 | 0.4512 t per square kilometre | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2702 t per square kilometre | -40.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3154 t per square kilometre | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 0.3764 t per square kilometre | +19.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4288 t per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 0.495 t per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5346 t per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6212 t per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 0.509 t per square kilometre | -18.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6868 t per square kilometre | +34.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5527 t per square kilometre | -19.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6493 t per square kilometre | +17.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6671 t per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6167 t per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6656 t per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6758 t per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6793 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.7009 t per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7303 t per square kilometre | +4.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.7303 t per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.7974 t per square kilometre, 92% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.7303 t per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7303 t per square kilometre, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +81.6% | 0.2045 t per square kilometre | 0.3712 t per square kilometre |
| 2002 | -53.5% | 0.3872 t per square kilometre | 0.1802 t per square kilometre |
| 2006 | -40.1% | 0.4512 t per square kilometre | 0.2702 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1407 t per square kilometre | 0.1146 t per square kilometre | 0.1718 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2562 t per square kilometre | 0.1517 t per square kilometre | 0.3561 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4181 t per square kilometre | 0.3596 t per square kilometre | 0.4805 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3765 t per square kilometre | 0.3288 t per square kilometre | 0.4667 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3356 t per square kilometre | 0.1802 t per square kilometre | 0.4512 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5998 t per square kilometre | 0.495 t per square kilometre | 0.6868 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6966 t per square kilometre | 0.6758 t per square kilometre | 0.7303 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 117 United Arab Emirates 0.7925 t per square kilometre compare
- 118 Oman 0.7641 t per square kilometre compare
- 119 Madagascar 0.7547 t per square kilometre compare
- 121 Zambia 0.73 t per square kilometre compare
- 122 Niger 0.7293 t per square kilometre compare
- 123 Somalia 0.7284 t per square kilometre 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 raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in Malawi?
- Raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in Malawi was 0.7303 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7303 t per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1146 t per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 120th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Raw milk of cattle — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Raw milk of cattle — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Raw milk of cattle — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Raw milk of cattle — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.