Wheat and products — Food in Malawi
Malawi: Wheat and products — Food was 124 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat and products — Food in Malawi, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — food in Malawi is 124 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 148.0% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in Malawi peaked at 239 1000 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 50 1000 t, in 2022.
Malawi ranks 124th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 165.5 1000 t | 124 1000 t | 239 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 107 1000 t | 50 1000 t | 138 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 121 Botswana 132 1000 t compare
- 122 Cyprus 130 1000 t compare
- 123 Niger 128 1000 t compare
- 125 Montenegro 117 1000 t compare
- 126 Trinidad and Tobago 116 1000 t compare
- 127 Gambia, The 95 1000 t compare
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 wheat and products — food in Malawi?
- Wheat and products — food in Malawi was 124 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 239 1000 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 1000 t in 2022.
- How does Malawi rank for wheat and products — food?
- Malawi ranks 124th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. 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 Wheat 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.