Sisal, raw — Production in Malawi
Malawi: Sisal, raw — Production was 142.61 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sisal, raw — Production in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sisal, raw — production in Malawi is 142.61 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — production in Malawi peaked at 500 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 70 t, in 1992.
Malawi ranks 20th of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 338.89 t | 300 t | 500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 165 t | 100 t | 350 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 100 t | 100 t | 100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.71 t | 70 t | 100 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.32 t | 90 t | 109.93 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 133.7 t | 123.87 t | 140.31 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 142.18 t | 140.43 t | 143.3 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- 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)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sisal, raw — production in Malawi?
- Sisal, raw — production in Malawi was 142.61 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — production recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 500 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — production recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 t in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for sisal, raw — production?
- Malawi ranks 20th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — production rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Sisal, raw — 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.