Sorghum — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Sorghum — Area harvested was 96,872 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 96,872 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 20.9% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 130,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 21,302 ha, in 1984.
Malawi ranks 40th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,333 ha | 65,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 101,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,929 ha | 21,302 ha | 32,725 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,664 ha | 27,668 ha | 83,859 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,971 ha | 54,098 ha | 75,332 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,638 ha | 79,780 ha | 114,130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114,049 ha | 96,872 ha | 122,463 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 37 Egypt 150,000 ha compare
- 38 France 100,480 ha compare
- 39 Côte d'Ivoire 100,000 ha compare
- 41 USSR 86,000 ha compare
- 42 Russian Federation 85,510 ha compare
- 43 El Salvador 61,369 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 sorghum — area harvested in Malawi?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Malawi was 96,872 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 130,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,302 ha in 1984.
- How does Malawi rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 40th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 — Area harvested. 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.