Capture fisheries production in Malawi

Capture fisheries in Malawi landed 190,090 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2024 190,090 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −10.7% 2023: 212,818 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 66th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Malawi over time

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Metric tonnes. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Capture fisheries production (metric tonnes), 2000 to 2024
Period MalawiWorld
2024 190,090 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 212,818 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 186,865 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 176,003 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 171,115 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 163,189 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 223,606 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 204,904 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 164,949 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 147,889 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 118,913 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 117,621 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 131,455 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 86,015 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 101,548 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 72,430 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 73,389 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 67,787 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 73,485 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 60,232 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 56,483 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 53,844 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 41,389 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 41,875 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 50,200 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −10.7% from 212,818 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 118,913 tonnes, the figure has changed by +59.9%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 66th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 tonnes.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.FSH.CAPT.MT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Malawi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)