Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Malawi
Malawi: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0145 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Malawi, 2014–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Malawi stood at 0.0145 ha per person.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Malawi peaked at 0.0159 ha per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0125 ha per person, in 2015.
Malawi ranks 1st of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0125 ha per person | — |
| 2015 | 0.0125 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0125 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.015 ha per person | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0153 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0153 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0155 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0159 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0152 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0147 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0145 ha per person | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0139 ha per person | 0.0125 ha per person | 0.0153 ha per person | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.0152 ha per person | 0.0145 ha per person | 0.0159 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 2 Papua New Guinea 0.0135 ha per person compare
- 3 Rwanda 0.0126 ha per person compare
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 0.0101 ha per person 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Malawi?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Malawi was 0.0145 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0159 ha per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0125 ha per person in 2015.
- How does Malawi rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 1st out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.