Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 636,964 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malawi stood at 636,964 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 646,086 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 26,500 ha, in 1970.
Malawi ranks 16th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 29,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 30,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 30,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 28,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 26,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1972 | 36,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 75,000 ha | +108.3% |
| 1974 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 77,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 77,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 80,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 83,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 88,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 93,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 95,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 99,351 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 123,497 ha | +24.3% |
| 1985 | 122,262 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 115,904 ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 97,052 ha | -16.3% |
| 1988 | 93,377 ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 120,083 ha | +28.6% |
| 1990 | 95,805 ha | -20.2% |
| 1991 | 125,568 ha | +31.1% |
| 1992 | 89,706 ha | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 115,733 ha | +29.0% |
| 1994 | 113,144 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 163,214 ha | +44.3% |
| 1996 | 194,369 ha | +19.1% |
| 1997 | 227,626 ha | +17.1% |
| 1998 | 300,138 ha | +31.9% |
| 1999 | 330,143 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 358,592 ha | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 409,153 ha | +14.1% |
| 2002 | 213,663 ha | -47.8% |
| 2003 | 254,120 ha | +18.9% |
| 2004 | 337,217 ha | +32.7% |
| 2005 | 318,108 ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 336,660 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 360,715 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 388,057 ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 400,109 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 424,566 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 423,662 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 450,977 ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 469,674 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 492,222 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 497,570 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 511,665 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 569,710 ha | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 589,414 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 602,947 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 618,333 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 638,807 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 643,759 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 646,086 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 636,964 ha | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,556 ha | 28,000 ha | 32,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,950 ha | 26,500 ha | 83,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 104,753 ha | 88,000 ha | 123,497 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 175,545 ha | 89,706 ha | 330,143 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 337,639 ha | 213,663 ha | 409,153 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 503,241 ha | 423,662 ha | 602,947 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 636,790 ha | 618,333 ha | 646,086 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malawi?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Malawi was 636,964 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 646,086 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,500 ha in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. 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.