Sorghum — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Sorghum — Yield was 1,053 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Malawi is 1,053 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Malawi peaked at 1,206 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 143 kg/ha, in 1992.
Malawi ranks 77th of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 615.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 642.9 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 649.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 654.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 654.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 652.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 652.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 736.8 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 700 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 717 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 766.7 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 825 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 801.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 833.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 875 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 923.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 666.7 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1979 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 301.6 kg/ha | -54.8% |
| 1984 | 669.9 kg/ha | +122.1% |
| 1985 | 673.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 647.6 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 474.8 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1988 | 723.5 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 1989 | 672.2 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 501.5 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1991 | 597.9 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1992 | 143 kg/ha | -76.1% |
| 1993 | 492.1 kg/ha | +244.1% |
| 1994 | 305.9 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 1995 | 726.1 kg/ha | +137.4% |
| 1996 | 719.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 471.2 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1998 | 610.5 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1999 | 698 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 668.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 680.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 719.7 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 762 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 644.6 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 265.6 kg/ha | -58.8% |
| 2006 | 768.8 kg/ha | +189.5% |
| 2007 | 859.3 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 831.4 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 796.8 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 609.4 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2011 | 818.4 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2012 | 833.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 964.7 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 1,012 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 845.2 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 588.7 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2017 | 869.6 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 2018 | 779.8 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 1,167 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 2020 | 1,206 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 1,012 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 1,001 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,032 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 1,053 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 1,053 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 1,053 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +244.1% | 143 kg/ha | 492.1 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +189.5% | 265.6 kg/ha | 768.8 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +137.4% | 305.9 kg/ha | 726.1 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +122.1% | 301.6 kg/ha | 669.9 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -76.1% | 597.9 kg/ha | 143 kg/ha |
| 2005 | -58.8% | 644.6 kg/ha | 265.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 662.06 kg/ha | 615.4 kg/ha | 736.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 790.81 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 923.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 616.32 kg/ha | 301.6 kg/ha | 723.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 526.58 kg/ha | 143 kg/ha | 726.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 699.73 kg/ha | 265.6 kg/ha | 859.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 848.84 kg/ha | 588.7 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,061 kg/ha | 1,001 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 74 Honduras 1,088 kg/ha compare
- 75 Kazakhstan 1,084 kg/ha compare
- 76 Nigeria 1,066 kg/ha compare
- 78 Burkina Faso 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 Eswatini 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 Sierra Leone 1,000 kg/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 sorghum — yield in Malawi?
- Sorghum — yield in Malawi was 1,053 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,206 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 143 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for sorghum — yield?
- Malawi ranks 77th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 — 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.