Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi
Malawi: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 5,317 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Malawi is 5,317 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Malawi peaked at 5,482 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 4,127 1000 ha, in 1994.
Malawi ranks 53rd of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4,148 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 4,148 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,127 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 4,400 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 4,462 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 4,582 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 4,845 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 5,379 1000 ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 5,430 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 5,448 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 5,455 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,467 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 5,472 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 5,482 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,476 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 5,467 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,466 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,461 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 5,465 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 5,462 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 5,461 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 5,439 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 5,356 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 5,359 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 5,314 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 5,312 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 5,308 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,303 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 5,304 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5,313 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 5,317 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 5,317 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,296 1000 ha, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 5,317 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,063 1000 ha, 1.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,511 1000 ha | 4,127 1000 ha | 5,379 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 5,462 1000 ha | 5,430 1000 ha | 5,482 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,378 1000 ha | 5,303 1000 ha | 5,465 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,311 1000 ha | 5,304 1000 ha | 5,317 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Malawi?
- Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Malawi was 5,317 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 5,482 1000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,127 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Malawi rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
- Malawi ranks 53rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.