Sorghum and products — Food supply in Malawi
Malawi: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 173,487 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 173,487 million Kcal for sorghum and products — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Malawi peaked at 173,487 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 74,390 million Kcal, in 2016.
Malawi ranks 21st of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Malawi, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 76,434 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 156,553 million Kcal | +104.8% |
| 2012 | 92,580 million Kcal | -40.9% |
| 2013 | 123,050 million Kcal | +32.9% |
| 2014 | 130,585 million Kcal | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 97,114 million Kcal | -25.6% |
| 2016 | 74,390 million Kcal | -23.4% |
| 2017 | 109,316 million Kcal | +47.0% |
| 2018 | 94,698 million Kcal | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 143,272 million Kcal | +51.3% |
| 2020 | 141,411 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 138,000 million Kcal | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 154,061 million Kcal | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 173,487 million Kcal | +12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 109,799 million Kcal | 74,390 million Kcal | 156,553 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 151,740 million Kcal | 138,000 million Kcal | 173,487 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 18 El Salvador 247,058 million Kcal compare
- 19 Mauritania 211,053 million Kcal compare
- 20 Uganda 178,193 million Kcal compare
- 22 Zimbabwe 155,727 million Kcal compare
- 23 Pakistan 124,288 million Kcal compare
- 24 South Africa 117,213 million Kcal 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Malawi?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Malawi was 173,487 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 173,487 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 74,390 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Malawi ranks 21st out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.