Cereal yield — all countries

Cereal yield — Malawi

Cereal yield in Malawi in 2023 — 1,857 kg/ha. Ranked 127 in the world out of 179. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 88.6%.

2023 1,857 kg/ha −4.49% vs 2022
World rank 127of 179
Period maximum 2,467 kg/ha2007
Period minimum 482 kg/ha1992

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Cereal yield — Malawi, 1961–202301,0002,0003,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 985 kg/ha1963: 877 kg/ha1965: 857 kg/ha1967: 1,381 kg/ha1969: 967 kg/ha1971: 1,133 kg/ha1973: 1,104 kg/ha1975: 1,015 kg/ha1977: 1,299 kg/ha1979: 1,175 kg/ha1981: 1,122 kg/ha1983: 1,146 kg/ha1985: 1,169 kg/ha1987: 1,002 kg/ha1989: 1,179 kg/ha1991: 1,141 kg/ha1993: 1,489 kg/ha1995: 1,309 kg/ha1997: 1,054 kg/ha1999: 1,745 kg/ha2001: 1,176 kg/ha2003: 1,209 kg/ha2005: 778 kg/ha2007: 2,467 kg/ha2009: 2,124 kg/ha2011: 2,094 kg/ha2013: 2,069 kg/ha2015: 1,591 kg/ha2017: 1,903 kg/ha2019: 1,874 kg/ha2021: 2,319 kg/ha2023: 1,857 kg/ha
Change over the period: +872 (+88.61%) Average annual rate: 1.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 1,857 kg/ha
World 4,231 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,569 kg/ha
Eastern Africa computed 1,964 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 1,391 kg/ha
Cereal yield — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 1,857 −87 −4.49%
2022 1,944 −375 −16.17%
2021 2,319 +315 +15.7%
2020 2,004 +130 +6.96%
2019 1,874 +343 +22.39%
2018 1,531 −372 −19.54%
2017 1,903 +556 +41.24%
2016 1,347 −243 −15.29%
2015 1,591 −628 −28.29%
2014 2,218 +149 +7.22%
2013 2,069 −18 −0.88%
2012 2,087 −7 −0.34%
2011 2,094 +187 +9.83%
2010 1,907 −217 −10.23%
2009 2,124 +526 +32.88%
2008 1,599 −868 −35.2%
2007 2,467 +1,022 +70.76%
2006 1,445 +667 +85.74%
2005 778 −243 −23.79%
2004 1,021 −188 −15.58%
2003 1,209 +163 +15.62%
2002 1,046 −130 −11.04%
2001 1,176 −500 −29.84%
2000 1,676 −70 −4%
1999 1,745 +423 +32.02%
1998 1,322 +268 +25.39%
1997 1,054 −336 −24.18%
1996 1,391 +81 +6.22%
1995 1,309 +413 +46.05%
1994 896 −592 −39.79%
1993 1,489 +1,007 +209.14%
1992 482 −659 −57.79%
1991 1,141 +150 +15.08%
1990 992 −188 −15.93%
1989 1,179 +23 +1.99%
1988 1,156 +155 +15.43%
1987 1,002 −74 −6.9%
1986 1,076 −93 −7.95%
1985 1,169 −12 −0.98%
1984 1,181 +34 +3%
1983 1,146 −23 −1.96%
1982 1,169 +47 +4.21%
1981 1,122 −66 −5.52%
1980 1,187 +12 +1.06%
1979 1,175 −72 −5.76%
1978 1,247 −52 −4%
1977 1,299 +189 +16.99%
1976 1,110 +95 +9.39%
1975 1,015 −118 −10.43%
1974 1,133 +29 +2.64%
1973 1,104 −46 −3.98%
1972 1,150 +16 +1.45%
1971 1,133 +245 +27.58%
1970 888 −79 −8.16%
1969 967 −28 −2.81%
1968 995 −386 −27.94%
1967 1,381 +476 +52.6%
1966 905 +49 +5.69%
1965 857 −220 −20.46%
1964 1,077 +200 +22.82%
1963 877 −150 −14.63%
1962 1,027 +43 +4.32%
1961 985

About the indicator

The yield of cereal crops in kilograms per hectare of harvested area. The gap between countries reaches tenfold and is explained by climate, varieties, fertilizer application and the level of farming technique. Rising yields are the main source of the growth in world food production, with the area under cereals almost unchanged.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the land under cereal production: it is the whole harvest of the group divided by all of its harvested area. Yield depends not only on technology but also on climate and on the mix of crops grown.

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