Tomatoes and products — Food in Malawi
Malawi: Tomatoes and products — Food was 640 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes and products — Food in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 640 1000 t for tomatoes and products — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 167.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes and products — food in Malawi peaked at 656 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 37 1000 t, in 2012.
That places Malawi 45th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Tomatoes and products — Food in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 101 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 109 1000 t | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 37 1000 t | -66.1% |
| 2013 | 239 1000 t | +545.9% |
| 2014 | 474 1000 t | +98.3% |
| 2015 | 471 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 436 1000 t | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 480 1000 t | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 525 1000 t | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 565 1000 t | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 619 1000 t | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 628 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 656 1000 t | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 640 1000 t | -2.4% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 640 1000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 85 1000 t, 7.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 640 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61.5 1000 t, 10.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes and products — Food in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +545.9% | 37 1000 t | 239 1000 t |
| 2014 | +98.3% | 239 1000 t | 474 1000 t |
| 2012 | -66.1% | 109 1000 t | 37 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 343.7 1000 t | 37 1000 t | 565 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 635.75 1000 t | 619 1000 t | 656 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 42 Syrian Arab Republic 661 1000 t compare
- 42 Syria 661 1000 t compare
- 44 Republic of Korea 655 1000 t compare
- 46 Romania 558 1000 t compare
- 46 South Africa 558 1000 t compare
- 48 Ghana 552 1000 t 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 tomatoes and products — food in Malawi?
- Tomatoes and products — food in Malawi was 640 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes and products — food recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 656 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest tomatoes and products — food recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 37 1000 t in 2012.
- How does Malawi rank for tomatoes and products — food?
- Malawi ranks 45th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tomatoes and products — food rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 167.8%. 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 Tomatoes and products — 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.