Tea leaves — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 19,883 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 19,883 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 22,853 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Malawi 19th out of 51 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,187 ha | 11,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,100 ha | 14,300 ha | 17,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,870 ha | 17,000 ha | 18,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,326 ha | 18,300 ha | 22,853 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,818 ha | 17,131 ha | 21,404 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,635 ha | 15,033 ha | 20,829 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,513 ha | 19,753 ha | 21,893 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 16 Argentina 29,869 ha compare
- 17 Thailand 21,394 ha compare
- 18 Nepal 20,760 ha compare
- 20 United Republic of Tanzania 17,185 ha compare
- 21 China, Taiwan Province of 13,730 ha compare
- 22 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,263 ha compare
- 22 Réunion 447 ha 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Malawi?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Malawi was 19,883 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 22,853 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 19th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.