FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Malawi
According to FAOSTAT, Malawi produced 3.3 million t of cereals, 2.0 million t of vegetables, 4.2 million t of fruit, 703,101 t of meat and 232,764 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sweet potatoes (8.0 million t), cassava (6.3 million t) and maize (3.0 million t).
- Products recorded
- 97
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 4
- products
- Year
- 2024
Malawi ranks second or third in the world for sweet potatoes and dry pigeon peas.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in sweet potatoes (+90%), followed by bananas (+75%).
Livestock numbers: 2.3 million cattle, 12.1 million pigs, 436,701 sheep and 13.8 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All roots and tubers | 15,716,896 | 13 | 1.66% | +52% |
| All fruit | 4,174,474 | 42 | 0.44% | +33% |
| All cereals | 3,279,465 | 77 | 0.1% | −23% |
| All sugar crops | 2,965,639 | 52 | 0.13% | −9.1% |
| All vegetables | 1,985,261 | 57 | 0.17% | +73% |
| All pulses | 842,697 | 20 | 0.87% | +29% |
| All meat | 703,101 | 61 | 0.19% | +165% |
| All citrus fruit | 408,207 | 39 | 0.25% | +110% |
| All milk | 232,764 | 117 | 0.02% | +43% |
| All eggs | 24,316 | 98 | 0.02% | +1.3% |
| All tree nuts | 5,173 | 78 | 0.03% | +37% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet potatoes | 7,980,473 | 2 | 8.78% | +90% |
| Cassava | 6,278,880 | 16 | 1.84% | +23% |
| Maize | 3,000,000 | 37 | 0.25% | −25% |
| Sugar cane | 2,965,639 | 37 | 0.15% | −9.1% |
| Potatoes | 1,457,542 | 36 | 0.37% | +42% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 1,384,976 | 11 | 2.23% | +7.2% |
| Bananas | 1,131,259 | 24 | 0.81% | +75% |
| Tomatoes | 680,946 | 36 | 0.36% | +29% |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 473,662 | 2 | 10.17% | +49% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 438,710 | 29 | 0.35% | +328% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 421,380 | 16 | 1.22% | — |
| Plantains | 397,654 | 17 | 0.89% | +9.0% |
| Pineapples | 384,714 | 22 | 1.31% | +65% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 350,000 | 22 | 0.61% | −12% |
| Onions, dry | 311,482 | 43 | 0.29% | +87% |
| Soybeans | 305,000 | 19 | 0.08% | +131% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 285,423 | 20 | 0.55% | +169% |
| Cabbages | 252,427 | 30 | 0.33% | +9.7% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 249,110 | 23 | 0.64% | +6.7% |
| Tea leaves | 247,670 | 12 | 0.76% | +25% |
| Beans, dry | 239,774 | 23 | 0.79% | +23% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 235,987 | 54 | 0.08% | +6.3% |
| Raw sugar | 221,104 | 57 | 0.12% | −28% |
| Goat milk | 153,865 | 25 | 0.75% | +66% |
| Rice (paddy) | 127,000 | 74 | 0.02% | −3.8% |
| Avocados | 122,547 | 21 | 1.09% | +33% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 119,957 | 8 | 1.98% | −5.1% |
| Chicken meat | 111,035 | 84 | 0.09% | +29% |
| Beer | 110,000 | 96 | 0.06% | +424% |
| Sorghum | 102,000 | 38 | 0.16% | +9.5% |
| Oranges | 95,945 | 47 | 0.14% | +32% |
| Molasses | 78,758 | 56 | 0.11% | −28% |
| Goat meat | 77,607 | 14 | 1% | +115% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 73,662 | 80 | 0.11% | +86% |
| Cow milk | 71,318 | 129 | 0.01% | +10% |
| Papayas | 60,740 | 22 | 0.41% | +15% |
| Cow peas, dry | 58,270 | 16 | 0.58% | +52% |
| Groundnut oil | 52,200 | 14 | 0.81% | +5.5% |
| Millet | 50,145 | 27 | 0.16% | +19% |
| Peas, dry | 43,817 | 25 | 0.31% | +9.5% |
| Tea, packed | 43,351 | 13 | 0.59% | −6.7% |
| Eggplants | 29,503 | 46 | 0.05% | — |
| Fat of pigs | 26,704 | 17 | 0.23% | +328% |
| Soya bean oil | 24,500 | 51 | 0.04% | — |
| Seed cotton | 24,398 | 46 | 0.03% | −82% |
| Hen eggs | 24,316 | 98 | 0.03% | +1.3% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 24,178 | 36 | 0.54% | — |
| Lemons and limes | 24,133 | 47 | 0.1% | +90% |
| Cucumbers | 23,485 | 74 | 0.03% | — |
| Sunflower seed | 22,000 | 43 | 0.04% | +44% |
| String beans | 18,330 | 11 | 1.54% | — |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 17,803 | 25 | 0.22% | +329% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 16,462 | 38 | 0.07% | +15% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 14,372 | 15 | 0.97% | +115% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 13,653 | 16 | 0.9% | +115% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 12,315 | 53 | 0.04% | +21% |
| Coffee, green | 11,223 | 33 | 0.1% | +66% |
| Sesame seed | 10,934 | 36 | 0.16% | — |
| Cotton seed | 9,000 | 50 | 0.02% | −91% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 8,839 | 78 | 0.09% | +86% |
| Sheep milk | 7,581 | 56 | 0.08% | +29% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 7,366 | 77 | 0.08% | +86% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 7,300 | 48 | 0.03% | +195% |
| Other nuts | 4,957 | 26 | 0.45% | +40% |
| Tung nuts | 4,566 | 4 | 1.09% | +8.1% |
| Carrots and turnips | 4,108 | 102 | 0.01% | — |
| Cotton lint | 4,000 | 51 | 0.02% | −91% |
| Watermelons | 3,050 | 99 | 0% | −18% |
| Apples | 2,948 | 82 | 0% | −8.0% |
| Okra | 2,875 | 38 | 0.02% | +29% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 2,706 | 38 | 0.02% | +3.8% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 2,587 | 16 | 0.83% | +115% |
| Peas, green | 2,352 | 61 | 0.01% | +43% |
| Sheep meat | 2,087 | 105 | 0.02% | +65% |
| Chick peas, dry | 1,758 | 33 | 0.01% | −97% |
| Cottonseed oil | 1,600 | 49 | 0.04% | −91% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 1,473 | 81 | 0.04% | +87% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 1,328 | 42 | 0.09% | +55% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 1,323 | 45 | 0.02% | −31% |
| Lentils, dry | 1,238 | 29 | 0.02% | +13% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 774 | 38 | 0.02% | +8.4% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 727 | 110 | 0% | — |
| Pepper (black, white) | 346 | 31 | 0.04% | −79% |
| Green garlic | 333 | 91 | 0% | — |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 328 | 93 | 0.02% | +65% |
| Wheat | 321 | 119 | 0% | −72% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 313 | 95 | 0.01% | +65% |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 216 | 34 | 0.01% | −4.0% |
| Grapes | 209 | 88 | 0% | — |
| Plums | 149 | 86 | 0% | — |
| Sisal | 143 | 19 | 0.06% | +8.3% |
| Strawberries | 134 | 78 | 0% | — |
| Nutmeg, mace and cardamom | 91 | 14 | 0.05% | −6.2% |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 83 | 28 | 0% | +3.8% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 60 | 93 | 0.01% | +67% |
| Vanilla | 20 | 11 | 0.28% | 0.0% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 4 | 129 | 0% | — |
Live animals, 2024
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.