Cereal yield in Malawi
Malawi: Cereal yield was 1,857 kg per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
In 2023, cereal yield in Malawi stood at 1,857 kg per hectare.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Malawi peaked at 2,467 kg per hectare in 2007 and was at its lowest, 481.6 kg per hectare, in 1992.
Malawi ranks 128th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,008 kg per hectare | 856.5 kg per hectare | 1,381 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,125 kg per hectare | 888.4 kg per hectare | 1,299 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,139 kg per hectare | 1,002 kg per hectare | 1,187 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,182 kg per hectare | 481.6 kg per hectare | 1,745 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,454 kg per hectare | 777.8 kg per hectare | 2,467 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,862 kg per hectare | 1,347 kg per hectare | 2,218 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,031 kg per hectare | 1,857 kg per hectare | 2,319 kg per hectare | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- 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)
- Land under cereal production 2.04 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 3.80 million metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 87.36 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Malawi?
- Cereal yield in Malawi was 1,857 kg per hectare in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,467 kg per hectare in 2007.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 481.6 kg per hectare in 1992.
- How does Malawi rank for cereal yield?
- Malawi ranks 128th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.