Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 314,753 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Malawi, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 314,753 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 318,091 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 207,710 ha, in 2014.
That places Malawi 4th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 207,710 ha | — |
| 2015 | 213,165 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 220,342 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 271,449 ha | +23.2% |
| 2018 | 283,187 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 290,183 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 303,442 ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 318,091 ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 313,494 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 310,754 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 314,753 ha | +1.3% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 314,753 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 8.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 314,753 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 10.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 247,673 ha | 207,710 ha | 290,183 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 312,107 ha | 303,442 ha | 318,091 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 China 2.32 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2.31 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 1.51 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 ha compare
- 5 Uganda 221,783 ha compare
- 6 Angola 200,311 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,893 ha compare
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Malawi?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Malawi was 314,753 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 318,091 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 207,710 ha in 2014.
- How does Malawi rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 4th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.