Wheat — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Wheat — Area harvested was 658 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Malawi is 658 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 34.2% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 2,720 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
That places Malawi 115th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +81.8% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | +133.3% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | -57.1% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 260 ha | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 300 ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 440 ha | +46.7% |
| 1977 | 200 ha | -54.5% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +100.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 720 ha | +80.0% |
| 1982 | 700 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 2,103 ha | +200.4% |
| 1984 | 1,980 ha | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 1,126 ha | -43.1% |
| 1986 | 1,513 ha | +34.4% |
| 1987 | 2,525 ha | +66.9% |
| 1988 | 2,593 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 2,211 ha | -14.7% |
| 1990 | 2,119 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,494 ha | -29.5% |
| 1992 | 1,446 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 1,608 ha | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 927 ha | -42.4% |
| 1995 | 2,290 ha | +147.0% |
| 1996 | 2,686 ha | +17.3% |
| 1997 | 2,271 ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 2,483 ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 2,101 ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 2,278 ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 2,493 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 2,720 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | -26.5% |
| 2004 | 2,213 ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 1,987 ha | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 1,656 ha | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 2,005 ha | +21.1% |
| 2008 | 1,479 ha | -26.2% |
| 2009 | 1,726 ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 1,548 ha | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 1,216 ha | -21.4% |
| 2012 | 1,295 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 1,269 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 946 ha | -25.5% |
| 2015 | 921 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 717 ha | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 607 ha | -15.3% |
| 2018 | 592 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 716 ha | +20.9% |
| 2020 | 551 ha | -23.0% |
| 2021 | 249 ha | -54.8% |
| 2022 | 1,000 ha | +301.6% |
| 2023 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 658 ha | -34.2% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 658 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 5% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 658 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 5% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +301.6% | 249 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1983 | +200.4% | 700 ha | 2,103 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 217.78 ha | 100 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350 ha | 200 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,587 ha | 400 ha | 2,593 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,942 ha | 927 ha | 2,686 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,056 ha | 1,479 ha | 2,720 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 982.7 ha | 592 ha | 1,548 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 691.6 ha | 249 ha | 1,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 wheat — area harvested in Malawi?
- Wheat — area harvested in Malawi was 658 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,720 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 115th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. 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 Wheat — 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.