Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Malawi

Arable land in Malawi in 2023 — 4,000,000 ha. Ranked 59 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 207.7%.

2023 4M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 59of 206
Period maximum 4M ha2021
Period minimum 1.3M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Malawi, 1961–202301M2M3M4M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1,300,000 ha1963: 1,450,000 ha1965: 1,700,000 ha1967: 1,700,000 ha1969: 1,850,000 ha1971: 1,950,000 ha1973: 2,050,000 ha1975: 2,000,000 ha1977: 2,000,000 ha1979: 2,050,000 ha1981: 2,000,000 ha1983: 2,000,000 ha1985: 2,050,000 ha1987: 2,150,000 ha1989: 2,200,000 ha1991: 2,350,000 ha1993: 2,300,000 ha1995: 2,300,000 ha1997: 2,450,000 ha1999: 2,700,000 ha2001: 2,850,000 ha2003: 3,000,000 ha2005: 3,200,000 ha2007: 3,300,000 ha2009: 3,500,000 ha2011: 3,500,000 ha2013: 3,545,000 ha2015: 3,656,000 ha2017: 3,767,000 ha2019: 3,878,000 ha2021: 4,000,000 ha2023: 4,000,000 ha
Change over the period: +2.7M (+207.69%) Average annual rate: 1.83 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 4M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 4M +0 +0%
2022 4M +0 +0%
2021 4M +66,000 +1.68%
2020 3.93M +56,000 +1.44%
2019 3.88M +55,000 +1.44%
2018 3.82M +56,000 +1.49%
2017 3.77M +55,000 +1.48%
2016 3.71M +56,000 +1.53%
2015 3.66M +55,000 +1.53%
2014 3.6M +56,000 +1.58%
2013 3.55M +45,000 +1.29%
2012 3.5M +0 +0%
2011 3.5M +0 +0%
2010 3.5M +0 +0%
2009 3.5M +50,000 +1.45%
2008 3.45M +150,000 +4.55%
2007 3.3M +0 +0%
2006 3.3M +100,000 +3.13%
2005 3.2M +200,000 +6.67%
2004 3M +0 +0%
2003 3M +150,000 +5.26%
2002 2.85M +0 +0%
2001 2.85M +100,000 +3.64%
2000 2.75M +50,000 +1.85%
1999 2.7M +100,000 +3.85%
1998 2.6M +150,000 +6.12%
1997 2.45M +50,000 +2.08%
1996 2.4M +100,000 +4.35%
1995 2.3M +200,000 +9.52%
1994 2.1M −200,000 −8.7%
1993 2.3M +0 +0%
1992 2.3M −50,000 −2.13%
1991 2.35M +100,000 +4.44%
1990 2.25M +50,000 +2.27%
1989 2.2M +50,000 +2.33%
1988 2.15M +0 +0%
1987 2.15M +0 +0%
1986 2.15M +100,000 +4.88%
1985 2.05M +0 +0%
1984 2.05M +50,000 +2.5%
1983 2M −100,000 −4.76%
1982 2.1M +100,000 +5%
1981 2M +100,000 +5.26%
1980 1.9M −150,000 −7.32%
1979 2.05M +0 +0%
1978 2.05M +50,000 +2.5%
1977 2M +0 +0%
1976 2M +0 +0%
1975 2M −50,000 −2.44%
1974 2.05M +0 +0%
1973 2.05M +50,000 +2.5%
1972 2M +50,000 +2.56%
1971 1.95M +150,000 +8.33%
1970 1.8M −50,000 −2.7%
1969 1.85M +50,000 +2.78%
1968 1.8M +100,000 +5.88%
1967 1.7M −50,000 −2.86%
1966 1.75M +50,000 +2.94%
1965 1.7M +200,000 +13.33%
1964 1.5M +50,000 +3.45%
1963 1.45M +50,000 +3.57%
1962 1.4M +100,000 +7.69%
1961 1.3M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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