Starchy Roots — Food in Malawi
Malawi: Starchy Roots — Food was 3,748 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food in Malawi stood at 3,748 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Malawi peaked at 3,748 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,026 1000 t, in 2015.
Malawi ranks 31st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,213 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 3,164 1000 t | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 3,290 1000 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 3,459 1000 t | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 3,066 1000 t | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 3,026 1000 t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 3,074 1000 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 3,235 1000 t | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 3,334 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 3,206 1000 t | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 3,310 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 3,559 1000 t | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 3,656 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 3,748 1000 t | +2.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 3,748 1000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,097 1000 t, 3.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 3,748 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,247 1000 t, 3.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,207 1000 t | 3,026 1000 t | 3,459 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,568 1000 t | 3,310 1000 t | 3,748 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 starchy roots — food in Malawi?
- Starchy roots — food in Malawi was 3,748 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 3,748 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,026 1000 t in 2015.
- How does Malawi rank for starchy roots — food?
- Malawi ranks 31st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Starchy Roots — Food. 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.