Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Malawi
Malawi: Vegetable Oils — Food supply was 739,288 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetable oils — food supply in Malawi is 739,288 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food supply in Malawi peaked at 929,961 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 553,291 million Kcal, in 2010.
Malawi ranks 108th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Malawi, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 553,291 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 662,963 million Kcal | +19.8% |
| 2012 | 587,295 million Kcal | -11.4% |
| 2013 | 611,846 million Kcal | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 662,864 million Kcal | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 611,006 million Kcal | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 705,870 million Kcal | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 764,229 million Kcal | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 704,418 million Kcal | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 670,992 million Kcal | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 929,961 million Kcal | +38.6% |
| 2021 | 658,363 million Kcal | -29.2% |
| 2022 | 690,428 million Kcal | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 739,288 million Kcal | +7.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 739,288 million Kcal is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.01 million million Kcal, 73% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 739,288 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 889,050 million Kcal, 83% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 653,477 million Kcal | 553,291 million Kcal | 764,229 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 754,510 million Kcal | 658,363 million Kcal | 929,961 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 vegetable oils — food supply in Malawi?
- Vegetable oils — food supply in Malawi was 739,288 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 929,961 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 553,291 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for vegetable oils — food supply?
- Malawi ranks 108th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food supply rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. 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 Vegetable Oils — Food supply (kcal). 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.