Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi
Malawi: Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.839 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi is 0.839 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi peaked at 0.839 ha per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0472 ha per square kilometre, in 1963.
That places Malawi 33rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1389 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | -54.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0472 ha per square kilometre | -25.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0515 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | +23.6% |
| 1966 | 0.1729 ha per square kilometre | +171.7% |
| 1967 | 0.1676 ha per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 0.1167 ha per square kilometre | -30.4% |
| 1969 | 0.1697 ha per square kilometre | +45.5% |
| 1970 | 0.2079 ha per square kilometre | +22.5% |
| 1971 | 0.3394 ha per square kilometre | +63.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4455 ha per square kilometre | +31.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4243 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4455 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 0.4243 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 0.4773 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 0.4773 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4985 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.4773 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.4455 ha per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2423 ha per square kilometre | -45.6% |
| 1982 | 0.2387 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2154 ha per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 0.2325 ha per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2207 ha per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2426 ha per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 0.2023 ha per square kilometre | -16.6% |
| 1988 | 0.2403 ha per square kilometre | +18.8% |
| 1989 | 0.2712 ha per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 0.308 ha per square kilometre | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 0.3483 ha per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1935 ha per square kilometre | -44.5% |
| 1993 | 0.4118 ha per square kilometre | +112.8% |
| 1994 | 0.2871 ha per square kilometre | -30.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3533 ha per square kilometre | +23.1% |
| 1996 | 0.4372 ha per square kilometre | +23.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4282 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.4439 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4856 ha per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4616 ha per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 0.5319 ha per square kilometre | +15.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5943 ha per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5769 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4515 ha per square kilometre | -21.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5197 ha per square kilometre | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5519 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6162 ha per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 0.6695 ha per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6785 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6268 ha per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6529 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6378 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6924 ha per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7149 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6975 ha per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5693 ha per square kilometre | -18.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6882 ha per square kilometre | +20.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6785 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7485 ha per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7718 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8061 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8038 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.839 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.839 ha per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.7596 ha per square kilometre, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.839 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3312 ha per square kilometre, 2.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +171.7% | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | 0.1729 ha per square kilometre |
| 1993 | +112.8% | 0.1935 ha per square kilometre | 0.4118 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1102 ha per square kilometre | 0.0472 ha per square kilometre | 0.1729 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4217 ha per square kilometre | 0.2079 ha per square kilometre | 0.4985 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2551 ha per square kilometre | 0.2023 ha per square kilometre | 0.4455 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3697 ha per square kilometre | 0.1935 ha per square kilometre | 0.4856 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5652 ha per square kilometre | 0.4515 ha per square kilometre | 0.6785 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6707 ha per square kilometre | 0.5693 ha per square kilometre | 0.7485 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8052 ha per square kilometre | 0.7718 ha per square kilometre | 0.839 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More climate change data for Malawi
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 415.04 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,605 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,501 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.06 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 89.31 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,185 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,819 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 366.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 10.64 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi?
- Rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Malawi was 0.839 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.839 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0472 ha per square kilometre in 1963.
- How does Malawi rank for rice — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 33rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.