Sisal, raw — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Sisal, raw — Yield was 232.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sisal, raw — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sisal, raw — yield in Malawi stood at 232.4 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — yield in Malawi peaked at 500 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 171.5 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Malawi 22nd out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 338.89 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 235 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 188.83 kg/ha | 171.5 kg/ha | 201.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 210.38 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 219.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 229.62 kg/ha | 221.7 kg/ha | 235.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 233.88 kg/ha | 232.4 kg/ha | 234.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 19 Mozambique 314.1 kg/ha compare
- 20 Cuba 303.3 kg/ha compare
- 21 Thailand 275 kg/ha compare
- 23 Dominican Republic 192 kg/ha compare
- 24 Comoros 145 kg/ha compare
- 25 Democratic Republic of the Congo 120 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Malawi?
- Sisal, raw — yield in Malawi was 232.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 171.5 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Malawi rank for sisal, raw — yield?
- Malawi ranks 22nd out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.