FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cottonseed oil production in Malawi
In 2023 Malawi produced 1,600 t of cottonseed oil, the 49th largest in the world (0.04% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 91%. The record was 22,860 t in 2012.
The 2023 figure is from an external organisation.
- Production, 2023
- 1,600 t
- World rank
- 49 of 79
- 10-year change
- −91%
- Record
- 22,860 t
- 2012
Cottonseed oil in Malawi, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,600 | +23% |
| 2022 | 1,300 | −41% |
| 2021 | 2,200 | −50% |
| 2020 | 4,400 | +47% |
| 2019 | 3,000 | +58% |
| 2018 | 1,900 | −5.0% |
| 2017 | 2,000 | −47% |
| 2016 | 3,800 | −62% |
| 2015 | 10,100 | −31% |
| 2014 | 14,615 | −18% |
| 2013 | 17,802 | −22% |
| 2012 | 22,860 | +319% |
| 2011 | 5,453 | +41% |
| 2010 | 3,874 | −47% |
| 2009 | 7,248 | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 6,804 | +1,379% |
| 2007 | 460 | −86% |
| 2006 | 3,285 | +135% |
| 2005 | 1,400 | −56% |
| 2004 | 3,157 | +66% |
| 2003 | 1,900 | −24% |
| 2002 | 2,500 | −7.4% |
| 2001 | 2,700 | −26% |
| 2000 | 3,630 | −36% |
| 1999 | 5,676 | +55% |
| 1998 | 3,665 | −18% |
| 1997 | 4,493 | −47% |
| 1996 | 8,476 | +38% |
| 1995 | 6,158 | +326% |
| 1994 | 1,444 | −69% |
| 1993 | 4,601 | +342% |
| 1992 | 1,040 | −76% |
| 1991 | 4,312 | +21% |
| 1990 | 3,562 | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 3,527 | +21% |
| 1988 | 2,907 | +43% |
| 1987 | 2,037 | −45% |
| 1986 | 3,719 | −21% |
| 1985 | 4,693 | +47% |
| 1984 | 3,202 | +175% |
| 1983 | 1,163 | −47% |
| 1982 | 2,212 | −34% |
| 1981 | 3,334 | +83% |
| 1980 | 1,818 | −49% |
| 1979 | 3,558 | +13% |
| 1978 | 3,135 | +14% |
| 1977 | 2,760 | +29% |
| 1976 | 2,135 | +22% |
| 1975 | 1,752 | −13% |
| 1974 | 2,008 | +113% |
| 1973 | 943 | −45% |
| 1972 | 1,727 | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 1,591 | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 1,577 | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 1,490 | +43% |
| 1968 | 1,040 | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 1,022 | −6.8% |
| 1966 | 1,096 | −42% |
| 1965 | 1,895 | +58% |
| 1964 | 1,203 | +49% |
| 1963 | 810 | −51% |
| 1962 | 1,642 | +58% |
| 1961 | 1,042 | — |
Other large producers
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.