Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Malawi in 2024 — 90.18%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 131. Since 1966, the indicator has risen by 0.37 pp.
1966–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.18 | +0.98 pp |
| 2023 | 89.2 | +4.07 pp |
| 2022 | 85.13 | −4.68 pp |
| 2021 | 89.82 | −2.07 pp |
| 2020 | 91.89 | +0.36 pp |
| 2019 | 91.53 | +0.27 pp |
| 2018 | 91.26 | +0.28 pp |
| 2017 | 90.99 | +7.38 pp |
| 2016 | 83.61 | +2.49 pp |
| 2015 | 81.11 | +5.87 pp |
| 2014 | 75.24 | −0.75 pp |
| 2013 | 75.99 | +0.43 pp |
| 2012 | 75.56 | −0.17 pp |
| 2011 | 75.73 | −2.07 pp |
| 2010 | 77.8 | −8.92 pp |
| 2009 | 86.72 | +0.94 pp |
| 2008 | 85.78 | +0.16 pp |
| 2007 | 85.62 | +2.73 pp |
| 2006 | 82.9 | +3.4 pp |
| 2005 | 79.5 | +1.26 pp |
| 2004 | 78.23 | −7.99 pp |
| 2003 | 86.22 | +1.08 pp |
| 2002 | 85.15 | −1.8 pp |
| 2001 | 86.94 | −2.29 pp |
| 2000 | 89.24 | +0.32 pp |
| 1999 | 88.91 | −2.63 pp |
| 1998 | 91.55 | +4.69 pp |
| 1997 | 86.85 | +0.05 pp |
| 1996 | 86.8 | −3.57 pp |
| 1995 | 90.37 | +4.4 pp |
| 1994 | 85.97 | — |
| 1991 | 93.52 | +0.66 pp |
| 1990 | 92.85 | — |
| 1987 | 93.5 | −0.83 pp |
| 1986 | 94.32 | +3.16 pp |
| 1985 | 91.16 | −4.87 pp |
| 1984 | 96.02 | +0.49 pp |
| 1983 | 95.53 | +1.66 pp |
| 1982 | 93.87 | +2.82 pp |
| 1981 | 91.06 | +0.19 pp |
| 1980 | 90.86 | −3.71 pp |
| 1979 | 94.57 | −0.32 pp |
| 1978 | 94.89 | +0.54 pp |
| 1977 | 94.35 | +0.13 pp |
| 1976 | 94.21 | +1.79 pp |
| 1975 | 92.42 | +1.05 pp |
| 1974 | 91.37 | −1.32 pp |
| 1973 | 92.69 | +0.8 pp |
| 1972 | 91.9 | +0.56 pp |
| 1971 | 91.33 | +3.12 pp |
| 1970 | 88.21 | −3.02 pp |
| 1969 | 91.23 | −1.55 pp |
| 1968 | 92.77 | −0.85 pp |
| 1967 | 93.62 | +3.81 pp |
| 1966 | 89.81 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
