Soya beans — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Soya beans — Area harvested was 260,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Malawi, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Malawi stood at 260,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 113.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 266,000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 54,000 ha, in 2003.
Malawi ranks 17th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 54,000 ha | — |
| 2004 | 76,000 ha | +40.7% |
| 2005 | 69,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 72,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 79,465 ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 73,942 ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 86,796 ha | +17.4% |
| 2010 | 75,186 ha | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 75,839 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 102,167 ha | +34.7% |
| 2013 | 114,369 ha | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 121,913 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 139,005 ha | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 149,689 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 188,714 ha | +26.1% |
| 2018 | 178,823 ha | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 266,000 ha | +48.8% |
| 2020 | 210,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 2021 | 216,652 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 245,634 ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 255,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 260,000 ha | +2.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 260,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 66,044 ha, 3.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 260,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 3.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73,029 ha | 54,000 ha | 86,796 ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 141,170 ha | 75,186 ha | 266,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 237,457 ha | 210,000 ha | 260,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 14 Benin 638,098 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,042 ha compare
- 15 Italy 336,740 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 1,750 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 1,080 ha compare
- 16 Togo 281,684 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 6 ha compare
- 18 Serbia 219,083 ha compare
- 19 Uganda 210,000 ha compare
- 20 Zambia 157,796 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 soya beans — area harvested in Malawi?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Malawi was 260,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 266,000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,000 ha in 2003.
- How does Malawi rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 17th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.3%. 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 Soya beans — 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.