Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 41,892 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Malawi is 41,892 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 80.7% on the previous year and down 71.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 252,130 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 23,178 ha, in 2023.
That places Malawi 36th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,066 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,612 ha | +10.7% |
| 1963 | 36,518 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 38,060 ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 40,974 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 52,618 ha | +28.4% |
| 1967 | 56,434 ha | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 45,299 ha | -19.7% |
| 1969 | 37,212 ha | -17.9% |
| 1970 | 48,216 ha | +29.6% |
| 1971 | 53,160 ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 49,618 ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 53,125 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 54,372 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 38,139 ha | -29.9% |
| 1976 | 40,266 ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 40,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 36,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 34,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 32,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 37,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 30,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 1983 | 32,597 ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 51,059 ha | +56.6% |
| 1985 | 60,824 ha | +19.1% |
| 1986 | 51,910 ha | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 34,504 ha | -33.5% |
| 1988 | 43,642 ha | +26.5% |
| 1989 | 47,741 ha | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 48,516 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 58,691 ha | +21.0% |
| 1992 | 58,281 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 53,691 ha | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 37,593 ha | -30.0% |
| 1995 | 75,745 ha | +101.5% |
| 1996 | 79,073 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 70,734 ha | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 45,077 ha | -36.3% |
| 1999 | 53,191 ha | +18.0% |
| 2000 | 40,372 ha | -24.1% |
| 2001 | 47,327 ha | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 46,773 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 43,706 ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 63,447 ha | +45.2% |
| 2005 | 88,535 ha | +39.5% |
| 2006 | 62,233 ha | -29.7% |
| 2007 | 60,673 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 69,826 ha | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 83,830 ha | +20.1% |
| 2010 | 47,209 ha | -43.7% |
| 2011 | 59,616 ha | +26.3% |
| 2012 | 252,130 ha | +322.9% |
| 2013 | 184,513 ha | -26.8% |
| 2014 | 149,259 ha | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 123,019 ha | -17.6% |
| 2016 | 78,474 ha | -36.2% |
| 2017 | 41,097 ha | -47.6% |
| 2018 | 44,183 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 36,300 ha | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 82,507 ha | +127.3% |
| 2021 | 32,863 ha | -60.2% |
| 2022 | 33,863 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 23,178 ha | -31.6% |
| 2024 | 41,892 ha | +80.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 41,892 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 60,388 ha, 69% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 41,892 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,571 ha, 2.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +322.9% | 59,616 ha | 252,130 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,866 ha | 33,066 ha | 56,434 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,690 ha | 34,000 ha | 54,372 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,128 ha | 30,000 ha | 60,824 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,059 ha | 37,593 ha | 79,073 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,672 ha | 40,372 ha | 88,535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 101,580 ha | 36,300 ha | 252,130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,861 ha | 23,178 ha | 82,507 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 33 Spain 51,823 ha compare
- 34 Guinea 46,097 ha compare
- 35 Sudan (former) 42,000 ha compare
- 37 Ethiopia PDR 40,000 ha compare
- 38 Somalia 18,571 ha compare
- 39 South Africa 18,385 ha 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 seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Malawi?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Malawi was 41,892 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 252,130 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,178 ha in 2023.
- How does Malawi rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 36th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.9%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. 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.