Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 24,675 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Malawi is 24,675 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Malawi peaked at 24,675 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,124 kg/ha, in 1989.
Malawi ranks 51st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,690 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,755 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 6,793 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 6,636 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 6,780 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 6,723 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 6,825 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 6,950 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 6,199 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1970 | 6,310 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 6,118 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 6,233 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 6,433 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 6,593 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 6,566 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 6,723 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 6,608 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 6,758 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 6,610 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 6,393 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 6,189 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 6,122 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 4,369 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1984 | 4,488 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 4,169 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 4,562 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 5,047 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 4,982 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 4,124 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1990 | 5,168 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1991 | 4,203 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1992 | 5,338 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1993 | 5,063 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 5,304 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 4,446 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1996 | 6,366 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1997 | 7,448 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1998 | 7,955 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 8,320 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 13,475 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 2001 | 15,188 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 13,779 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 14,242 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 13,981 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 11,580 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2006 | 15,272 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 2007 | 16,905 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 16,712 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 18,123 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 18,076 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 18,582 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 19,612 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 19,907 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 20,999 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 20,909 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 20,529 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 20,465 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 20,707 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 21,877 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 22,796 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 23,433 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 23,498 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 23,714 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 24,675 kg/ha | +4.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 24,675 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,819 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 24,675 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +62.0% | 8,320 kg/ha | 13,475 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +43.2% | 4,446 kg/ha | 6,366 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -28.6% | 6,122 kg/ha | 4,369 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +31.9% | 11,580 kg/ha | 15,272 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,706 kg/ha | 6,199 kg/ha | 6,950 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,495 kg/ha | 6,118 kg/ha | 6,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,044 kg/ha | 4,124 kg/ha | 6,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,961 kg/ha | 4,203 kg/ha | 8,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,926 kg/ha | 11,580 kg/ha | 18,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,166 kg/ha | 18,076 kg/ha | 21,877 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,623 kg/ha | 22,796 kg/ha | 24,675 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Malawi?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Malawi was 24,675 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 24,675 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,124 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Malawi rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Malawi ranks 51st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.