Sweet potatoes — Production in Malawi
Malawi: Sweet potatoes — Production was 7,609 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Malawi, 2012–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 7,609 1000 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 34.2% over five years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Malawi peaked at 7,609 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 t, in 2012.
Malawi ranks 3rd of 104 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 | 3,814 1000 t | 0 1000 t | 6,370 1000 t | 8 |
| 2020s | 7,366 1000 t | 6,918 1000 t | 7,609 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 China 51,629 1000 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 51,401 1000 t compare
- 4 Nigeria 4,085 1000 t compare
- 5 Angola 1,998 1000 t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1,798 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 — production in Malawi?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Malawi was 7,609 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 7,609 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 t in 2012.
- How does Malawi rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Malawi ranks 3rd out of 104 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 — Production. 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.