Food production index in Malawi
Food production in Malawi stood at 147.2 (2014-16 = 100) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
Malawi, 2024
147.2
Change from 2023
+1.1%
World, 2020
100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
Position in 2024
13th of 192
Food production index in Malawi over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Index, 2014 to 2016 = 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 147.2 (2014-16 = 100) | – |
| 2023 | 145.7 (2014-16 = 100) | – |
| 2022 | 140.3 (2014-16 = 100) | – |
| 2021 | 141.2 (2014-16 = 100) | – |
| 2020 | 134.8 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2019 | 127.7 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2018 | 123.9 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2017 | 116.7 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2016 | 98.2 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2015 | 99.0 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2014 | 102.9 (2014-16 = 100) | 99.3 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2013 | 87.1 (2014-16 = 100) | 99.3 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2012 | 75.1 (2014-16 = 100) | 99.3 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2011 | 70.6 (2014-16 = 100) | 104.6 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2010 | 66.9 (2014-16 = 100) | 99.5 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2009 | 65.4 (2014-16 = 100) | 102.8 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2008 | 56.5 (2014-16 = 100) | 101.1 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2007 | 56.3 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.5 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2006 | 48.8 (2014-16 = 100) | 101.2 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2005 | 36.6 (2014-16 = 100) | 100.3 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2004 | 42.5 (2014-16 = 100) | 97.5 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2003 | 40.3 (2014-16 = 100) | 98.6 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2002 | 35.2 (2014-16 = 100) | 91.7 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2001 | 44.5 (2014-16 = 100) | 89.9 (2014-16 = 100) |
| 2000 | 41.7 (2014-16 = 100) | 83.2 (2014-16 = 100) |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.1% from 145.7 (2014-16 = 100) in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 102.9 (2014-16 = 100), the figure has changed by +43.1%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 13th highest value.
More for Malawi
All statistics for Malawi
Cereal yield
1,878 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP
30.0%
2025 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.01e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
92.7%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.31e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
22.4e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT