Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 148,152 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 148,152 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 159,692 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18,500 ha, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 42nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,900 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 19,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 19,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 19,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 20,100 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 20,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 21,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 22,300 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 21,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 24,280 ha | +12.9% |
| 1972 | 24,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 24,900 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 25,650 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 26,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 27,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 27,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 27,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 28,400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 29,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 29,150 ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 29,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 29,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 30,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 31,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 31,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 31,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 32,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 32,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 35,772 ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 64,552 ha | +80.5% |
| 1992 | 60,827 ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 64,440 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 63,141 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 65,030 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 65,756 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 61,696 ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 62,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 63,884 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 64,714 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 65,253 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 65,869 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 68,237 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 67,229 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 71,348 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 68,631 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 69,337 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 76,466 ha | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 79,904 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 82,724 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 84,972 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 78,674 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 100,976 ha | +28.3% |
| 2014 | 112,390 ha | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 113,888 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 115,252 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 143,992 ha | +24.9% |
| 2018 | 144,175 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 149,896 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 159,692 ha | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 149,327 ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 147,886 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 148,948 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 148,152 ha | -0.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 148,152 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 148,152 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 2.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +80.5% | 35,772 ha | 64,552 ha |
| 2013 | +28.3% | 78,674 ha | 100,976 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,056 ha | 18,500 ha | 22,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,933 ha | 21,500 ha | 28,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,675 ha | 29,000 ha | 32,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,780 ha | 35,772 ha | 65,756 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,699 ha | 64,714 ha | 79,904 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 112,694 ha | 78,674 ha | 149,896 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 150,801 ha | 147,886 ha | 159,692 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 39 South Africa 154,008 ha compare
- 40 Morocco 148,901 ha compare
- 41 Serbia and Montenegro 148,256 ha compare
- 43 Angola 137,920 ha compare
- 44 Mozambique 133,073 ha compare
- 45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 128,399 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Malawi?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Malawi was 148,152 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 159,692 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.