Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Vanilla, raw — Area harvested was 76 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in Malawi, 1984–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vanilla, raw — area harvested in Malawi stood at 76 ha. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vanilla, raw — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 100 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 76 ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 80 ha | 80 ha | 80 ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 89.2 ha | 80 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.4 ha | 80 ha | 84 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.3 ha | 77 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.8 ha | 76 ha | 77 ha | 5 |
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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 vanilla, raw — area harvested in Malawi?
- Vanilla, raw — area harvested in Malawi was 76 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 100 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 ha in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for vanilla, raw — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 13th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vanilla, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vanilla, raw — 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.