Wheat — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Wheat — Yield was 487.7 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 487.7 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 156.7% on the previous year and down 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Malawi peaked at 2,591 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 163 kg/ha, in 2022.
Malawi ranks 122nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,618 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 1,500 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 2,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 2,037 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 2,547 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 2,100 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1969 | 2,217 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 2,591 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1971 | 2,217 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1972 | 2,138 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 2,017 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 2,092 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 2,117 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 2,089 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 2,035 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 2,500 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1979 | 1,250 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1980 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 955.6 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 332.9 kg/ha | -66.7% |
| 1984 | 830.3 kg/ha | +149.4% |
| 1985 | 698.9 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1986 | 850.6 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 661 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1988 | 720.8 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 669.8 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 773.5 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1991 | 587 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1992 | 423.9 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1993 | 630.6 kg/ha | +48.8% |
| 1994 | 224.4 kg/ha | -64.4% |
| 1995 | 686.5 kg/ha | +205.9% |
| 1996 | 861.9 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1997 | 589.6 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1998 | 741.8 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1999 | 787.7 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 796.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 898.9 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 558.8 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2003 | 751 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 2004 | 753.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 870.7 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2006 | 1,207 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 2007 | 2,297 kg/ha | +90.3% |
| 2008 | 1,613 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 2009 | 1,501 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 1,512 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,521 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,510 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,406 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 1,226 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 1,279 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 1,112 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 1,227 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 1,231 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 790.5 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2020 | 1,265 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 2021 | 1,213 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 163 kg/ha | -86.6% |
| 2023 | 190 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2024 | 487.7 kg/ha | +156.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 487.7 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 487.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +205.9% | 224.4 kg/ha | 686.5 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +156.7% | 190 kg/ha | 487.7 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +149.4% | 332.9 kg/ha | 830.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,891 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,547 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,104 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 2,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 796.99 kg/ha | 332.9 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 630.69 kg/ha | 224.4 kg/ha | 861.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,125 kg/ha | 558.8 kg/ha | 2,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,282 kg/ha | 790.5 kg/ha | 1,521 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 663.72 kg/ha | 163 kg/ha | 1,265 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 119 Lesotho 719.5 kg/ha compare
- 120 New Caledonia 673.2 kg/ha compare
- 121 Honduras 533.6 kg/ha compare
- 123 Somalia 400.6 kg/ha compare
- 124 Mozambique 312.5 kg/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 wheat — yield in Malawi?
- Wheat — yield in Malawi was 487.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,591 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 163 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Malawi rank for wheat — yield?
- Malawi ranks 122nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.