Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 20,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Malawi stood at 20,000 ha.
The figure is up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 32,146 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
That places Malawi 41st out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 1,370 ha | +71.2% |
| 1969 | 4,300 ha | +213.9% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | -32.6% |
| 1971 | 5,400 ha | +86.2% |
| 1972 | 6,300 ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 5,100 ha | -19.0% |
| 1974 | 7,400 ha | +45.1% |
| 1975 | 5,100 ha | -31.1% |
| 1976 | 9,800 ha | +92.2% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | -61.2% |
| 1978 | 4,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1980 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,800 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 3,059 ha | -47.3% |
| 1984 | 3,074 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 3,513 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 4,078 ha | +16.1% |
| 1987 | 2,551 ha | -37.4% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1989 | 4,726 ha | +57.5% |
| 1990 | 3,757 ha | -20.5% |
| 1991 | 7,990 ha | +112.7% |
| 1992 | 9,649 ha | +20.8% |
| 1993 | 10,776 ha | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 15,460 ha | +43.5% |
| 1995 | 18,362 ha | +18.8% |
| 1996 | 32,146 ha | +75.1% |
| 1997 | 10,766 ha | -66.5% |
| 1998 | 3,898 ha | -63.8% |
| 1999 | 4,580 ha | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 4,903 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 5,701 ha | +16.3% |
| 2002 | 6,311 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 6,281 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 6,600 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 7,429 ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 7,651 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 7,607 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 7,575 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 9,694 ha | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 10,873 ha | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 12,437 ha | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 14,095 ha | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 14,090 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 14,909 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 15,045 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 16,156 ha | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 19,330 ha | +19.6% |
| 2018 | 19,202 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 19,600 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 21,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 18,614 ha | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 18,938 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 20,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 20,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 20,957 ha, 95% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 20,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,569 ha, 97% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — Area harvested 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 | +213.9% | 1,370 ha | 4,300 ha |
| 1991 | +112.7% | 3,757 ha | 7,990 ha |
| 1967 | +100.0% | 400 ha | 800 ha |
| 1976 | +92.2% | 5,100 ha | 9,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 996.67 ha | 300 ha | 4,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,500 ha | 2,900 ha | 9,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,020 ha | 2,551 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,738 ha | 3,757 ha | 32,146 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,975 ha | 4,903 ha | 9,694 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,574 ha | 10,873 ha | 19,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,710 ha | 18,614 ha | 21,000 ha | 5 |
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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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Malawi?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Malawi was 20,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 32,146 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 41st out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. 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 Sunflower seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.