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Agricultural land share — Malawi

Agricultural land share in Malawi in 2023 — 64.17%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 30.23 pp.

2023 64.17% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 32of 209
Period maximum 64.17%2021
Period minimum 33.94%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Malawi, 1961–2023304050607019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 33.94%1963: 35.53%1965: 38.22%1967: 38.24%1969: 39.85%1971: 40.91%1973: 41.97%1975: 41.47%1977: 41.53%1979: 42.11%1981: 41.68%1983: 41.79%1985: 42.48%1987: 43.59%1989: 44.18%1991: 45.82%1993: 45.29%1995: 45.4%1997: 46.99%1999: 49.64%2001: 51.23%2003: 52.82%2005: 54.94%2007: 56.06%2009: 58.18%2011: 58.18%2013: 58.81%2015: 60.52%2017: 61.7%2019: 62.88%2021: 64.17%2023: 64.17%
Change over the period: +30.23 pp Annual average: 0.49 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 64.17%
World 36.93%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Eastern Africa computed 49.02%
Low-income countries computed 42.27%
Agricultural land share — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 64.17 +0 pp
2022 64.17 +0 pp
2021 64.17 +0.7 pp
2020 63.47 +0.59 pp
2019 62.88 +0.58 pp
2018 62.29 +0.59 pp
2017 61.7 +0.58 pp
2016 61.12 +0.59 pp
2015 60.52 +0.58 pp
2014 59.94 +1.12 pp
2013 58.81 +0.64 pp
2012 58.18 +0 pp
2011 58.18 +0 pp
2010 58.18 +0 pp
2009 58.18 +0.53 pp
2008 57.65 +1.59 pp
2007 56.06 +0 pp
2006 56.06 +1.11 pp
2005 54.94 +2.12 pp
2004 52.82 +0 pp
2003 52.82 +1.59 pp
2002 51.23 +0 pp
2001 51.23 +1.06 pp
2000 50.17 +0.53 pp
1999 49.64 +1.06 pp
1998 48.58 +1.59 pp
1997 46.99 +0.53 pp
1996 46.46 +1.06 pp
1995 45.4 +2.23 pp
1994 43.17 −2.12 pp
1993 45.29 +0 pp
1992 45.29 −0.53 pp
1991 45.82 +1.08 pp
1990 44.74 +0.56 pp
1989 44.18 +0.53 pp
1988 43.65 +0.05 pp
1987 43.59 +0.05 pp
1986 43.54 +1.06 pp
1985 42.48 +0.16 pp
1984 42.32 +0.53 pp
1983 41.79 −0.95 pp
1982 42.75 +1.06 pp
1981 41.68 +1.06 pp
1980 40.62 −1.48 pp
1979 42.11 +0.02 pp
1978 42.09 +0.56 pp
1977 41.53 +0.03 pp
1976 41.49 +0.02 pp
1975 41.47 −0.53 pp
1974 42 +0.03 pp
1973 41.97 +0.53 pp
1972 41.44 +0.53 pp
1971 40.91 +1.59 pp
1970 39.32 −0.53 pp
1969 39.85 +0.53 pp
1968 39.32 +1.08 pp
1967 38.24 −0.51 pp
1966 38.75 +0.53 pp
1965 38.22 +2.15 pp
1964 36.06 +0.53 pp
1963 35.53 +0.53 pp
1962 35 +1.06 pp
1961 33.94 —

Eastern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BI Burundi 83.89 RW Rwanda 76.33 DJ Djibouti 73.51 UG Uganda 71.89 KM Comoros 71.47 SO Somalia 70.34 MG Madagascar 70.29 MW Malawi 64.17 ER Eritrea 62.65 MZ Mozambique 52.79 KE Kenya 49.53 SS South Sudan 44.86 TZ Tanzania 44.62 MU Mauritius 43.04 ZW Zimbabwe 41.79 ET Ethiopia 34.08 ZM Zambia 32.07 SC Seychelles 3.37
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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