Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Malawi
Malawi: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply was 10.9 g/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Malawi is 10.9 g/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Malawi peaked at 11.4 g/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10.5 g/cap/d, in 2019.
Malawi ranks 18th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Malawi, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11.3 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 11 g/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 11.1 g/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 11.2 g/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 11.4 g/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 11.1 g/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 10.9 g/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 11 g/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 11 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.5 g/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 10.5 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11 g/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 11 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10.9 g/cap/d | -0.9% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 10.9 g/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 7.3 g/cap/d, 1.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 10.9 g/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.4 g/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.05 g/cap/d | 10.5 g/cap/d | 11.4 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.85 g/cap/d | 10.5 g/cap/d | 11 g/cap/d | 4 |
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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Malawi?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Malawi was 10.9 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 11.4 g/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5 g/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Malawi rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply?
- Malawi ranks 18th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.