Malawi covers an area of 118,484 square kilometres (45746.92815 square miles) in which 9428(1000 ha) Land area, 5650(1000 ha) is agricultural area, 2409.7(1000 ha) forest area. Malawi food and Agricultural gross value Production at current price shown with data tables, chart, and maps.
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Barley | - | - | - | - |
Buckwheat | - | - | - | - |
Canary seed | - | - | - | - |
Flour, wheat | 2,699 | 947,000 | - | - |
Fonio | - | - | - | - |
Grain, mixed | - | - | - | - |
Maize | 5,810 | 7,683,000 | 634 | 1,058,000 |
Millet | - | 1,000 | 30 | 7,000 |
Oats | 2 | 3,000 | - | - |
Quinoa | - | 1,000 | - | - |
Rice, broken | 56 | 27,000 | 31 | 4,000 |
Rice, husked | 51 | 42,000 | 8 | 3,000 |
Rice, milled | 2,310 | 1,569,000 | 148 | 165,000 |
Rice, milled/husked | - | - | - | - |
Rice, paddy | 20 | 33,000 | 29 | 6,000 |
Rye | - | - | - | - |
Sorghum | 3 | - | 95 | 21,000 |
Triticale | - | - | - | - |
Wheat | 127,512 | 45,312,000 | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | 5,676 | 260,000 | 13,500 | 870,000 |
1965 | 19,379 | 1,175,000 | 3,130 | 347,000 |
1970 | 113,935 | 8,207,000 | 2,819 | 669,000 |
1975 | 41,327 | 6,875,000 | 9,286 | 2,999,000 |
1980 | 36,273 | 11,216,000 | 12,497 | 4,131,000 |
1985 | 29,382 | 5,919,000 | 65,398 | 10,168,000 |
1990 | 151,463 | 38,819,000 | 4,732 | 1,892,000 |
1995 | 304,770 | 68,252,000 | 8,500 | 3,485,000 |
2000 | 72,181 | 10,292,000 | 11,000 | 500,000 |
2005 | 170,335 | 33,171,000 | 691 | 627,000 |
2010 | 199,076 | 135,596,000 | 26,085 | 10,254,000 |
2015 | 332,488 | 129,050,000 | 2,078 | 2,344,000 |
2016 | 482,124 | 209,435,000 | 3,468 | 3,929,000 |
2017 | 218,690 | 86,935,000 | 7,506 | 6,842,000 |
2018 | 147,733 | 56,887,000 | 2,433 | 3,500,000 |
2019 | 129,719 | 57,856,000 | 2,286 | 3,673,000 |
2020 | 139,507 | 55,620,000 | 985 | 1,269,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Meat, beef and veal sausages | - | - | - | - |
Meat, beef, preparations | 14 | 47,000 | - | - |
Meat, cattle | 1 | 1,000 | - | - |
Meat, cattle, boneless (beef & veal) | 1 | 7,000 | - | - |
Offals, edible, cattle | 65 | 61,000 | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | 78 | 40,000 | - | - |
1965 | 222 | 124,000 | - | - |
1970 | 327 | 199,000 | - | - |
1975 | 303 | 302,000 | - | - |
1980 | 91 | 177,000 | - | - |
1985 | 116 | 127,000 | - | - |
1990 | 112 | 60,000 | - | - |
1995 | 19 | 75,000 | - | - |
2000 | 38 | 50,000 | - | - |
2005 | 9 | 34,000 | - | - |
2010 | 125 | 191,000 | - | - |
2015 | 190 | 349,000 | - | - |
2016 | 198 | 222,000 | - | - |
2017 | 223 | 396,000 | - | - |
2018 | 102 | 544,000 | - | - |
2019 | 93 | 124,000 | 18 | 41,000 |
2020 | 86 | 116,000 | - | - |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Beer of barley | 139 | 115,000 | 3 | 2,000 |
Beer of sorghum | - | - | - | - |
Beverages, distilled alcoholic | 82 | 82,000 | 11 | 45,000 |
Beverages, fermented rice | - | - | - | - |
Cider etc | 136 | 51,000 | - | - |
Vermouths & similar | - | - | - | - |
Wine | 244 | 338,000 | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | 2,070 | 1,005,000 | - | - |
1965 | 2,812 | 1,597,000 | 3 | 5,000 |
1970 | 567 | 371,000 | 2 | 4,000 |
1975 | 1,308 | 1,428,000 | 63 | 212,000 |
1980 | 347 | 1,178,000 | 9 | 55,000 |
1985 | 302 | 814,000 | 6 | 19,000 |
1990 | 329 | 823,000 | 229 | 253,000 |
1995 | 303 | 349,000 | 830 | 4,390,000 |
2000 | - | - | - | - |
2005 | 622 | 1,519,000 | 858 | 407,000 |
2010 | 901 | 1,706,000 | 1,446 | 2,554,000 |
2015 | 1,394 | 1,489,000 | 3,685 | 3,046,000 |
2016 | 1,905 | 1,097,000 | 13,367 | 5,947,000 |
2017 | 2,093 | 1,288,000 | 8,534 | 5,521,000 |
2018 | 8,280 | 9,204,000 | 218 | 201,000 |
2019 | 553 | 637,000 | 40 | 87,000 |
2020 | 601 | 586,000 | 14 | 47,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Butter, cow milk | 112 | 538,000 | - | 1,000 |
Buttermilk, curdled, acidified milk | 63 | 40,000 | - | - |
Cheese, processed | - | - | - | - |
Cheese, sheep milk | - | - | - | - |
Cheese, whole cow milk | 216 | 1,222,000 | - | - |
Cream fresh | 43 | 161,000 | - | - |
Ghee, buffalo milk | - | - | - | - |
Milk, products of natural constituents nes | 6 | 14,000 | - | - |
Milk, reconstituted | - | - | - | - |
Milk, skimmed cow | 2 | 7,000 | 1 | 1,000 |
Milk, skimmed dried | 1,336 | 3,616,000 | - | - |
Milk, whole condensed | 78 | 142,000 | - | - |
Milk, whole dried | 982 | 2,282,000 | 56 | 134,000 |
Milk, whole evaporated | 2 | 7,000 | 3 | - |
Milk, whole fresh cow | 676 | 672,000 | - | - |
Milk, whole fresh sheep | - | - | - | - |
Whey, condensed | - | - | - | - |
Whey, dry | 68 | 72,000 | - | - |
Yoghurt | 830 | 1,309,000 | - | - |
Yoghurt, concentrated or not | - | - | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | 700 | 460,000 | - | - |
1965 | 1,249 | 772,000 | - | - |
1970 | 2,764 | 1,493,000 | - | - |
1975 | 2,023 | 2,398,000 | - | - |
1980 | 4,116 | 6,283,000 | - | - |
1985 | 3,724 | 3,318,000 | 39 | 62,000 |
1990 | 2,749 | 5,154,000 | - | - |
1995 | 1,312 | 2,994,000 | 26 | 61,000 |
2000 | 1,228 | 3,289,000 | - | - |
2005 | 24,992 | 14,146,000 | 24 | 14,000 |
2010 | 5,696 | 19,065,000 | 1,092 | 3,238,000 |
2015 | 4,975 | 11,724,000 | 252 | 740,000 |
2016 | 4,662 | 9,968,000 | 188 | 164,000 |
2017 | 5,657 | 13,024,000 | 35 | 43,000 |
2018 | 4,414 | 10,771,000 | 21 | 16,000 |
2019 | 4,138 | 9,308,000 | 3 | 4,000 |
2020 | 4,414 | 10,082,000 | 60 | 136,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Eggs, dried | - | - | - | - |
Eggs, hen, in shell | 125 | 511,000 | 648 | 387,000 |
Eggs, liquid | - | - | - | - |
Eggs, other bird, in shell | 20 | 64,000 | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | - | - | - | - |
1965 | 2 | 3,000 | - | - |
1970 | 9 | 6,000 | - | - |
1975 | 10 | 11,000 | - | - |
1980 | - | - | - | - |
1985 | - | - | - | - |
1990 | - | - | - | - |
1995 | 710 | 730,000 | 2 | 2,000 |
2000 | 190 | 80,000 | - | - |
2005 | 698 | 1,331,000 | 3 | 2,000 |
2010 | 52 | 425,000 | 87 | 87,000 |
2015 | 87 | 390,000 | 1,761 | 3,483,000 |
2016 | 12 | 321,000 | 1,238 | 3,243,000 |
2017 | 31 | 212,000 | 721 | 211,000 |
2018 | 136 | 657,000 | - | - |
2019 | 97 | 413,000 | 1,122 | 462,000 |
2020 | 145 | 575,000 | 648 | 387,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Apples | 1,305 | 874,000 | - | - |
Apricots | 1 | 1,000 | - | - |
Apricots, dry | - | 2,000 | - | - |
Bananas | 77 | 10,000 | - | - |
Blueberries | - | - | - | - |
Cashewapple | - | - | - | - |
Cherries | 1 | 2,000 | - | - |
Cherries, sour | - | 6,000 | - | - |
Cranberries | - | - | - | - |
Currants | - | 2,000 | - | - |
Dates | 53 | 115,000 | - | - |
Figs | 1 | 1,000 | - | - |
Figs dried | - | - | - | - |
Fruit, cooked, homogenized preparations | 18 | 18,000 | - | - |
Fruit, dried nes | 212 | 262,000 | - | - |
Fruit, fresh nes | 42 | 86,000 | - | - |
Fruit, prepared nes | 195 | 331,000 | - | - |
Fruit, tropical fresh nes | - | - | - | - |
Gooseberries | - | - | - | - |
Grapefruit (inc. pomelos) | 24 | 24,000 | - | - |
Grapes | 164 | 315,000 | - | - |
Juice, apple, concentrated | 99 | 110,000 | 28 | 22,000 |
Juice, apple, single strength | 2 | 3,000 | - | - |
Juice, citrus, concentrated | 4,346 | 3,490,000 | - | - |
Juice, citrus, single strength | 217 | 179,000 | - | - |
Juice, fruit nes | 1,372 | 1,259,000 | 52 | 34,000 |
Juice, grape | 43 | 70,000 | - | - |
Juice, grapefruit | - | - | - | - |
Juice, grapefruit, concentrated | 58 | 43,000 | - | - |
Juice, lemon, concentrated | - | - | - | - |
Juice, lemon, single strength | - | - | - | - |
Juice, orange, concentrated | 54 | 40,000 | - | - |
Juice, orange, single strength | 40 | 23,000 | - | - |
Juice, pineapple | - | - | - | - |
Juice, pineapple, concentrated | 19 | 16,000 | 13 | 12,000 |
Juice, plum, concentrated | - | - | - | - |
Juice, plum, single strength | - | - | - | - |
Kiwi fruit | 12 | 44,000 | - | - |
Lemons and limes | 78 | 93,000 | - | - |
Mangoes, mangosteens, guavas | 1 | 3,000 | 182 | 1,390,000 |
Melons, other (inc.cantaloupes) | 23 | 12,000 | - | - |
Oranges | 573 | 394,000 | - | - |
Papayas | 7 | 11,000 | - | - |
Peaches and nectarines | 32 | 56,000 | - | - |
Pears | 91 | 99,000 | - | - |
Persimmons | - | - | - | - |
Pineapples | 11 | 11,000 | - | - |
Pineapples canned | 2 | 5,000 | - | - |
Pistachios | - | 1,000 | - | - |
Plantains and others | 3,561 | 389,000 | 5 | 1,000 |
Plums and sloes | 18 | 25,000 | - | - |
Plums dried (prunes) | 1 | 5,000 | - | - |
Quinces | - | - | - | - |
Raisins | 8 | 16,000 | - | - |
Strawberries | 1 | 8,000 | - | - |
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines, satsumas | 45 | 24,000 | - | - |
Watermelons | 97 | 71,000 | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | 105 | 23,000 | - | - |
1965 | 65 | 126,000 | - | - |
1970 | 745 | 274,000 | 182 | 75,000 |
1975 | 836 | 547,000 | 16 | 11,000 |
1980 | 442 | 608,000 | 447 | 439,000 |
1985 | 291 | 238,000 | 217 | 91,000 |
1990 | 390 | 495,000 | 27 | 26,000 |
1995 | 317 | 302,000 | 66 | 28,000 |
2000 | 224 | 136,000 | - | - |
2005 | 1,693 | 1,389,000 | 298 | 123,000 |
2010 | 2,895 | 5,806,000 | 207 | 324,000 |
2015 | 5,773 | 6,483,000 | 294 | 429,000 |
2016 | 7,213 | 7,375,000 | 1,025 | 1,031,000 |
2017 | 8,483 | 7,927,000 | 724 | 632,000 |
2018 | 9,078 | 8,172,000 | 483 | 448,000 |
2019 | 16,046 | 8,904,000 | 605 | 921,000 |
2020 | 12,993 | 8,690,000 | 280 | 1,459,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Artichokes | - | - | - | - |
Asparagus | 1 | 4,000 | - | - |
Avocados | 6 | 11,000 | - | - |
Beans, green | 4 | 4,000 | 166 | 75,000 |
Cabbages and other brassicas | 5 | 9,000 | 3 | 1,000 |
Carrots and turnips | 71 | 44,000 | - | - |
Cauliflowers and broccoli | 28 | 64,000 | - | - |
Chillies and peppers, green | 96 | 47,000 | - | - |
Cucumbers and gherkins | 10 | 16,000 | - | - |
Eggplants (aubergines) | - | - | - | - |
Garlic | 122 | 147,000 | - | - |
Juice, tomato | 2 | 2,000 | - | - |
Leeks, other alliaceous vegetables | 34 | 19,000 | - | - |
Lettuce and chicory | 33 | 60,000 | 5 | 1,000 |
Maize, green | - | - | - | - |
Mushrooms and truffles | 32 | 140,000 | - | - |
Mushrooms, canned | 10 | 22,000 | 35 | 20,000 |
Olives | - | - | - | - |
Olives preserved | 10 | 19,000 | - | - |
Onions, dry | 218 | 139,000 | 112 | 11,000 |
Onions, shallots, green | - | - | - | - |
Peas, green | 2 | 11,000 | 528 | 269,000 |
Pumpkins, squash and gourds | 18 | 18,000 | - | - |
Spinach | 1 | 4,000 | - | - |
Sweet corn frozen | 6 | 13,000 | - | - |
Sweet corn prep or preserved | 24 | 34,000 | - | - |
Tomatoes | 36 | 71,000 | 2 | - |
Tomatoes, paste | 19 | 33,000 | - | - |
Tomatoes, peeled | 14 | 17,000 | - | - |
Vegetables in vinegar | 70 | 178,000 | - | - |
Vegetables, canned nes | - | - | - | - |
Vegetables, dehydrated | 4 | 9,000 | 1 | - |
Vegetables, fresh nes | 182 | 275,000 | - | - |
Vegetables, fresh or dried products nes | 4 | 58,000 | - | - |
Vegetables, frozen | 30 | 29,000 | 103 | 268,000 |
Vegetables, homogenized preparations | 4 | 7,000 | - | - |
Vegetables, preserved nes | 359 | 1,173,000 | 15 | 11,000 |
Vegetables, preserved, frozen | - | - | - | - |
Vegetables, temporarily preserved | 12 | 19,000 | 13 | 66,000 |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | 165 | 52,000 | - | - |
1965 | 163 | 61,000 | 2 | - |
1970 | 276 | 135,000 | 39 | 8,000 |
1975 | 191 | 184,000 | 205 | 99,000 |
1980 | 123 | 199,000 | 153 | 136,000 |
1985 | 88 | 106,000 | 64 | 35,000 |
1990 | 371 | 255,000 | 418 | 226,000 |
1995 | 490 | 411,000 | 58 | 44,000 |
2000 | 264 | 256,000 | 160 | 40,000 |
2005 | 349 | 541,000 | 589 | 328,000 |
2010 | 2,974 | 4,224,000 | 286 | 314,000 |
2015 | 1,063 | 2,460,000 | 4,973 | 4,498,000 |
2016 | 1,570 | 2,927,000 | 1,057 | 850,000 |
2017 | 1,661 | 3,128,000 | 739 | 399,000 |
2018 | 1,823 | 3,021,000 | 87 | 73,000 |
2019 | 1,897 | 3,661,000 | 374 | 195,000 |
2020 | 1,468 | 2,697,000 | 983 | 725,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Fat, liver prepared (foie gras) | - | - | - | - |
Meat, chicken | 300 | 833,000 | 43 | 81,000 |
Meat, chicken, canned | 15 | 16,000 | - | - |
Meat, duck | - | - | - | - |
Meat, goose and guinea fowl | 2 | 7,000 | - | - |
Meat, turkey | 5 | 11,000 | - | - |
Offals, liver chicken | - | - | - | - |
Offals, liver duck | - | - | - | - |
Offals, liver geese | - | - | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | - | - | - | - |
1965 | 5 | 7,000 | - | - |
1970 | 19 | 20,000 | - | - |
1975 | 10 | 18,000 | - | - |
1980 | 18 | 42,000 | - | - |
1985 | 3 | 6,000 | 6 | 7,000 |
1990 | 6 | 19,000 | - | - |
1995 | 136 | 448,000 | - | - |
2000 | - | - | - | - |
2005 | 4 | 16,000 | - | - |
2010 | 51 | 46,000 | 3 | 11,000 |
2015 | 236 | 412,000 | 571 | 1,000,000 |
2016 | 374 | 730,000 | 152 | 279,000 |
2017 | 369 | 903,000 | 204 | 413,000 |
2018 | 316 | 884,000 | - | - |
2019 | 257 | 754,000 | 100 | 90,000 |
2020 | 329 | 867,000 | 43 | 81,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Cassava | - | - | - | - |
Cassava dried | - | - | 77 | 7,000 |
Flour, cassava | - | - | - | - |
Flour, potatoes | 2 | 1,000 | - | - |
Flour, roots and tubers nes | - | - | 39 | 5,000 |
Potato offals | - | - | - | - |
Potatoes | 898 | 552,000 | 3 | - |
Potatoes, frozen | 129 | 250,000 | - | - |
Roots and tubers nes | 5 | 1,000 | 27 | 67,000 |
Starch, cassava | 1 | 1,000 | 56 | 5,000 |
Sweet potatoes | 25 | 17,000 | 235 | 24,000 |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | - | - | 11,000 | 400,000 |
1965 | 20 | 3,000 | 5,322 | 194,000 |
1970 | 154 | 8,000 | 22,249 | 878,000 |
1975 | 16 | 12,000 | 4,394 | 262,000 |
1980 | 63 | 66,000 | 4,026 | 506,000 |
1985 | 1 | 1,000 | 28 | 3,000 |
1990 | 3 | 5,000 | 406 | 59,000 |
1995 | 42 | 22,000 | 289 | 31,000 |
2000 | 5 | 2,000 | 160 | 30,000 |
2005 | 293 | 256,000 | 216 | 36,000 |
2010 | 212 | 323,000 | 781 | 365,000 |
2015 | 730 | 621,000 | 117 | 1,678,000 |
2016 | 868 | 794,000 | 17 | 22,000 |
2017 | 788 | 747,000 | 43 | 99,000 |
2018 | 819 | 625,000 | 52 | 5,000 |
2019 | 2,325 | 1,363,000 | 124 | 111,000 |
2020 | 1,181 | 895,000 | 437 | 108,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Rubber natural dry | - | - | 2,446 | 3,644,000 |
Rubber, natural | - | - | - | - |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | - | - | - | - |
1965 | - | - | - | - |
1970 | - | - | - | - |
1975 | 157 | 115,000 | - | - |
1980 | 23 | 33,000 | - | - |
1985 | 17 | 28,000 | 167 | 196,000 |
1990 | 3 | 10,000 | 577 | 1,298,000 |
1995 | - | 2,000 | 963 | 1,581,000 |
2000 | - | - | 2,900 | 2,400,000 |
2005 | 13 | 56,000 | 2,227 | 3,126,000 |
2010 | 4 | 59,000 | 2,983 | 14,326,000 |
2015 | 52 | 47,000 | 2,261 | 4,101,000 |
2016 | 2 | 4,000 | 2,303 | 3,472,000 |
2017 | 21 | 28,000 | 3,044 | 5,835,000 |
2018 | - | - | 2,402 | 3,370,000 |
2019 | 27 | 50,000 | 2,477 | 3,921,000 |
2020 | - | - | 2,446 | 3,644,000 |
Item | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
Cigarettes | 251 | 2,125,000 | 191 | 531,000 |
Cigars, cheroots | - | - | 40 | 115,000 |
Tobacco products nes | 620 | 1,031,000 | 507 | 1,576,000 |
Tobacco, unmanufactured | 10,810 | 35,996,000 | 112,439 | 410,212,000 |
Year | Import | Export | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonnes | US$ | Tonnes | US$ | |
1961 | 1,000 | 800,000 | 12,000 | 11,500,000 |
1965 | 264 | 282,000 | 17,130 | 14,299,000 |
1970 | 3,623 | 2,938,000 | 19,840 | 24,045,000 |
1975 | 4,071 | 4,905,000 | 32,274 | 64,663,000 |
1980 | 1,379 | 2,111,000 | 61,212 | 126,624,000 |
1985 | 747 | 1,162,000 | 60,391 | 108,900,000 |
1990 | 2 | 9,000 | 87,423 | 276,693,000 |
1995 | 628 | 1,072,000 | 98,112 | 295,654,000 |
2000 | 4,840 | 9,369,000 | 90,300 | 336,000,000 |
2005 | 29,637 | 45,022,000 | 124,902 | 320,716,000 |
2010 | 31,473 | 142,856,000 | 144,676 | 874,904,000 |
2015 | 16,715 | 55,835,000 | 126,319 | 495,665,000 |
2016 | 18,897 | 55,370,000 | 150,374 | 539,090,000 |
2017 | 18,330 | 49,033,000 | 150,887 | 528,835,000 |
2018 | 14,203 | 34,876,000 | 126,944 | 526,288,000 |
2019 | 17,129 | 46,164,000 | 136,867 | 501,366,000 |
2020 | 11,681 | 39,152,000 | 113,177 | 412,434,000 |