Tomatoes — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Tomatoes — Yield was 27,896 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — yield in Malawi stood at 27,896 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Malawi peaked at 27,896 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,940 kg/ha, in 1970.
Malawi ranks 86th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,667 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 8,750 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 8,824 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 8,368 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 8,500 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 8,636 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 8,659 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 7,940 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 8,709 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 8,709 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,709 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,889 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 8,929 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 8,966 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 8,966 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,032 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 9,032 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,062 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 9,091 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 9,118 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 9,143 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 9,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,167 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 9,189 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 9,210 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 8,667 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 9,231 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 9,143 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 10,000 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,500 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 8,510 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 8,684 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 8,780 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 8,750 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 8,780 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 8,810 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 9,018 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 8,837 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 9,293 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 8,864 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 8,889 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 9,680 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 9,692 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 9,756 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 9,722 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 9,000 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 12,729 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 2014 | 21,458 kg/ha | +68.6% |
| 2015 | 21,192 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 19,648 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 21,344 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 21,005 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 20,951 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 21,493 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 24,515 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 25,756 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 26,826 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 27,896 kg/ha | +4.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 27,896 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 13,402 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 27,896 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,225 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +68.6% | 12,729 kg/ha | 21,458 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +41.4% | 9,000 kg/ha | 12,729 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,616 kg/ha | 8,368 kg/ha | 8,824 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,781 kg/ha | 7,940 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,119 kg/ha | 9,032 kg/ha | 9,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,027 kg/ha | 8,500 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,061 kg/ha | 8,750 kg/ha | 9,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,680 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 21,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,297 kg/ha | 21,493 kg/ha | 27,896 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 83 Tajikistan 29,448 kg/ha compare
- 84 Botswana 28,554 kg/ha compare
- 85 Cook Islands 28,070 kg/ha compare
- 87 Kazakhstan 27,291 kg/ha compare
- 88 Niger 26,850 kg/ha compare
- 89 Montenegro 26,688 kg/ha 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 — yield in Malawi?
- Tomatoes — yield in Malawi was 27,896 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 27,896 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,940 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Malawi ranks 86th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.