Cereal production — all countries

Cereal production — Malawi

Cereal production in Malawi in 2023 — 3,795,156 t. Ranked 71 in the world out of 180. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 339%.

2023 3.8M t −5.65% vs 2022
World rank 71of 180
Period maximum 4.9M t2021
Period minimum 688,786 t1992

Trend over time

1961–2023 · tonnes

Cereal production — Malawi, 1961–202302M4M6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 864,554 t1963: 780,781 t1965: 950,943 t1967: 1,342,764 t1969: 1,145,565 t1971: 1,362,665 t1973: 1,446,611 t1975: 1,177,635 t1977: 1,526,407 t1979: 1,464,500 t1981: 1,307,688 t1983: 1,404,504 t1985: 1,422,875 t1987: 1,255,066 t1989: 1,587,917 t1991: 1,679,752 t1993: 2,137,147 t1995: 1,773,119 t1997: 1,474,809 t1999: 2,635,519 t2001: 1,865,675 t2003: 2,143,179 t2005: 1,302,379 t2007: 3,440,138 t2009: 3,807,971 t2011: 3,924,971 t2013: 3,892,310 t2015: 3,001,731 t2017: 3,711,454 t2019: 3,703,148 t2021: 4,897,640 t2023: 3,795,156 t
Change over the period: +2.93M (+338.97%) Average annual rate: 2.41 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 3.8M t
World 3.12B t
Eastern Africa computed 74.85M t
Low-income countries computed 103M t
Cereal production — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year t Change Change, %
2023 3.8M −227,313 −5.65%
2022 4.02M −875,172 −17.87%
2021 4.9M +869,429 +21.58%
2020 4.03M +325,064 +8.78%
2019 3.7M +777,980 +26.6%
2018 2.93M −786,286 −21.19%
2017 3.71M +1.18M +46.6%
2016 2.53M −469,982 −15.66%
2015 3M −1.24M −29.32%
2014 4.25M +354,364 +9.1%
2013 3.89M +59,651 +1.56%
2012 3.83M −92,312 −2.35%
2011 3.92M +314,688 +8.72%
2010 3.61M −197,688 −5.19%
2009 3.81M +962,131 +33.81%
2008 2.85M −594,298 −17.28%
2007 3.44M +653,857 +23.47%
2006 2.79M +1.48M +113.94%
2005 1.3M −415,614 −24.19%
2004 1.72M −425,186 −19.84%
2003 2.14M +432,602 +25.29%
2002 1.71M −155,098 −8.31%
2001 1.87M −765,359 −29.09%
2000 2.63M −4,485 −0.17%
1999 2.64M +731,495 +38.42%
1998 1.9M +429,215 +29.1%
1997 1.47M −468,568 −24.11%
1996 1.94M +170,258 +9.6%
1995 1.77M +665,403 +60.07%
1994 1.11M −1.03M −48.17%
1993 2.14M +1.45M +210.28%
1992 688,786 −990,966 −58.99%
1991 1.68M +266,459 +18.85%
1990 1.41M −174,624 −11%
1989 1.59M +96,262 +6.45%
1988 1.49M +236,589 +18.85%
1987 1.26M −108,479 −7.96%
1986 1.36M −59,330 −4.17%
1985 1.42M −34,190 −2.35%
1984 1.46M +52,561 +3.74%
1983 1.4M −78,196 −5.27%
1982 1.48M +175,012 +13.38%
1981 1.31M +56,188 +4.49%
1980 1.25M −213,000 −14.54%
1979 1.46M −78,000 −5.06%
1978 1.54M +16,093 +1.05%
1977 1.53M +232,488 +17.97%
1976 1.29M +116,284 +9.87%
1975 1.18M −263,909 −18.31%
1974 1.44M −5,067 −0.35%
1973 1.45M −4,944 −0.34%
1972 1.45M +88,890 +6.52%
1971 1.36M +367,379 +36.91%
1970 995,286 −150,279 −13.12%
1969 1.15M −23,165 −1.98%
1968 1.17M −174,034 −12.96%
1967 1.34M +321,153 +31.44%
1966 1.02M +70,668 +7.43%
1965 950,943 −16,074 −1.66%
1964 967,017 +186,236 +23.85%
1963 780,781 −118,970 −13.22%
1962 899,751 +35,197 +4.07%
1961 864,554

About the indicator

Production of cereal crops in tonnes: wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat and mixed grains. Only grain harvested dry is counted; crops harvested for hay or green fodder are excluded.

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