Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Malawi
Malawi: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 15.72 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Malawi is 15.72 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Malawi peaked at 15.72 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 167,221 t, in 1970.
That places Malawi 12th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Malawi, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 207,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 209,400 t | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 200,400 t | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 202,400 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 203,400 t | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 208,400 t | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 218,400 t | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 222,400 t | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 173,572 t | -22.0% |
| 1970 | 167,221 t | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 183,551 t | +9.8% |
| 1972 | 224,373 t | +22.2% |
| 1973 | 482,500 t | +115.0% |
| 1974 | 494,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 505,600 t | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 517,700 t | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 528,600 t | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 540,600 t | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 548,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 562,600 t | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 575,600 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 581,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 434,086 t | -25.4% |
| 1984 | 554,193 t | +27.7% |
| 1985 | 509,721 t | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 528,782 t | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 489,803 t | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 465,185 t | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 495,162 t | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 495,134 t | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 527,818 t | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 478,827 t | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 586,005 t | +22.4% |
| 1994 | 600,066 t | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 725,638 t | +20.9% |
| 1996 | 1.24 million t | +70.5% |
| 1997 | 1.70 million t | +37.0% |
| 1998 | 2.39 million t | +40.8% |
| 1999 | 2.75 million t | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 4.83 million t | +75.9% |
| 2001 | 6.21 million t | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 2.94 million t | -52.6% |
| 2003 | 3.62 million t | +22.9% |
| 2004 | 4.71 million t | +30.3% |
| 2005 | 3.68 million t | -21.9% |
| 2006 | 5.14 million t | +39.6% |
| 2007 | 6.10 million t | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 6.49 million t | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 7.25 million t | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 7.67 million t | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 7.87 million t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 8.84 million t | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 9.35 million t | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 10.34 million t | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 10.40 million t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 10.50 million t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 11.66 million t | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 12.20 million t | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 13.19 million t | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 14.10 million t | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 14.97 million t | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 15.13 million t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 15.32 million t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 15.72 million t | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 205,086 t | 173,572 t | 222,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 419,324 t | 167,221 t | 548,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 519,673 t | 434,086 t | 581,600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.15 million t | 478,827 t | 2.75 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.10 million t | 2.94 million t | 7.25 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.20 million t | 7.67 million t | 13.19 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.05 million t | 14.10 million t | 15.72 million t | 5 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Malawi?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Malawi was 15.72 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 15.72 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 167,221 t in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Malawi ranks 12th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.1%. 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 — Production. 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.