Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Malawi
Malawi: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 2,472 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Malawi, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for herbaceous crops — area from modis in Malawi is 2,472 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Malawi peaked at 2,920 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2,472 1000 ha, in 2024.
Malawi ranks 55th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,676 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,920 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 2,824 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 2,746 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 2,658 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 2,775 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 2,752 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,771 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2,795 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,770 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 2,813 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 2,714 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 2,730 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,733 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,712 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,716 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,780 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 2,703 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 2,649 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 2,635 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,643 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,630 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,625 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,472 1000 ha | -5.8% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 2,472 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,062 1000 ha, 2.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 2,472 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 514.93 1000 ha, 4.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,768 1000 ha | 2,658 1000 ha | 2,920 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,732 1000 ha | 2,649 1000 ha | 2,813 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,601 1000 ha | 2,472 1000 ha | 2,643 1000 ha | 5 |
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 modis in Malawi?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Malawi was 2,472 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,920 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,472 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Malawi ranks 55th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 MODIS. 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.