Sweet potatoes — Food in Malawi
Malawi: Sweet potatoes — Food was 767 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Food in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 767 1000 t for sweet potatoes — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 18.0% over five years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Malawi peaked at 767 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 t, in 2010.
Malawi ranks 12th of 166 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 390 1000 t | 0 1000 t | 650 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 734.5 1000 t | 661 1000 t | 767 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 9 Rwanda 1,120 1000 t compare
- 10 Madagascar 1,041 1000 t compare
- 11 India 1,030 1000 t compare
- 13 Melanesia 759 1000 t compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 625 1000 t compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 566 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Malawi?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Malawi was 767 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 767 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Malawi ranks 12th out of 166 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.