Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Malawi
Malawi: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 97.52 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply in Malawi is 97.52 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 3.6% over five years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Malawi peaked at 104.93 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Malawi ranks 6th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 0 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2012 | 0 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2013 | 0 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2014 | 104.93 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2015 | 102.08 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 99.34 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 96.68 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 94.13 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 91.67 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 90.84 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 100.39 kcal/cap/d | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 99.15 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 97.52 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 58.88 kcal/cap/d | 0 kcal/cap/d | 104.93 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.97 kcal/cap/d | 90.84 kcal/cap/d | 100.39 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Malawi?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Malawi was 97.52 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 104.93 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Malawi ranks 6th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- 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 — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.