Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 107,511 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Malawi, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Malawi stood at 107,511 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Malawi peaked at 138,945 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 69,959 kg/ha, in 1966.
Malawi ranks 2nd of 152 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 69,959 kg/ha | — |
| 1967 | 82,596 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1968 | 87,325 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 138,945 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 1970 | 116,418 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1971 | 111,254 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 104,985 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 116,685 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 94,076 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1975 | 104,043 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 109,422 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 105,552 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 108,901 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 120,972 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 106,852 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1981 | 113,750 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 129,028 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1983 | 124,507 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 109,846 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 108,468 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 113,693 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 113,029 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 111,842 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 105,000 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 105,294 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 105,556 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 105,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 78,571 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1994 | 105,556 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1995 | 105,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 105,382 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 100,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 105,556 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 105,263 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 105,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 107,317 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 108,333 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 102,439 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 105,000 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 109,091 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 108,889 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 108,696 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 110,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 108,333 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 108,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 108,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 103,333 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 106,667 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 107,800 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 107,999 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 107,400 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 107,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 107,499 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 107,600 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 107,800 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 107,964 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 107,461 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 107,486 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 107,511 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 107,511 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 107,511 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +59.1% | 87,325 kg/ha | 138,945 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +34.3% | 78,571 kg/ha | 105,556 kg/ha |
| 1993 | -25.6% | 105,556 kg/ha | 78,571 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94,706 kg/ha | 69,959 kg/ha | 138,945 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 109,231 kg/ha | 94,076 kg/ha | 120,972 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 113,602 kg/ha | 105,000 kg/ha | 129,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,229 kg/ha | 78,571 kg/ha | 105,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 107,310 kg/ha | 102,439 kg/ha | 110,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,180 kg/ha | 103,333 kg/ha | 108,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,644 kg/ha | 107,461 kg/ha | 107,964 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 Senegal 114,021 kg/ha compare
- 1 Polynesia 86,757 kg/ha compare
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 77,266 kg/ha compare
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 106,667 kg/ha compare
- 4 Guatemala 104,750 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 70,925 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 69,383 kg/ha compare
- 5 Zambia 103,680 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Malawi?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Malawi was 107,511 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 138,945 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,959 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Malawi rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Malawi ranks 2nd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.