Roundwood — Production, per capita in Malawi
Malawi: Roundwood — Production, per capita was 0.3589 m3 per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roundwood — Production, per capita in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roundwood — production, per capita in Malawi is 0.3589 m3 per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roundwood — production, per capita in Malawi peaked at 0.9367 m3 per person in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.3589 m3 per person, in 2024.
Malawi ranks 93rd of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roundwood — Production, per capita in Malawi, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.9024 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.9009 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 0.8994 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.9009 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 0.9011 m3 per person | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.9045 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.9094 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.9095 m3 per person | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.9122 m3 per person | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.9156 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 0.9237 m3 per person | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.9277 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.7487 m3 per person | -19.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7317 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 0.9347 m3 per person | +27.7% |
| 1976 | 0.9367 m3 per person | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6927 m3 per person | -26.1% |
| 1978 | 0.671 m3 per person | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.6563 m3 per person | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.6559 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6514 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.6285 m3 per person | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 0.6069 m3 per person | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.5889 m3 per person | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.5834 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.595 m3 per person | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.6018 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6011 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.6528 m3 per person | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 0.6332 m3 per person | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 0.6097 m3 per person | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.605 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5755 m3 per person | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 0.5933 m3 per person | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6203 m3 per person | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5991 m3 per person | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.5896 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.582 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.5722 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.5624 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.5517 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5412 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.5307 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5201 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5094 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4992 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4891 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4789 m3 per person | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4729 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4644 m3 per person | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.455 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4461 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4377 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4275 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4191 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4112 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4035 m3 per person | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3963 m3 per person | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3893 m3 per person | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3827 m3 per person | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3764 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3704 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3646 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.3589 m3 per person | -1.6% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.3589 m3 per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.4904 m3 per person, 73% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.3589 m3 per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5118 m3 per person, 70% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roundwood — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +27.7% | 0.7317 m3 per person | 0.9347 m3 per person |
| 1977 | -26.1% | 0.9367 m3 per person | 0.6927 m3 per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9045 m3 per person | 0.8994 m3 per person | 0.9122 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8139 m3 per person | 0.6563 m3 per person | 0.9367 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6166 m3 per person | 0.5834 m3 per person | 0.6559 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.598 m3 per person | 0.5722 m3 per person | 0.6332 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5156 m3 per person | 0.4729 m3 per person | 0.5624 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.425 m3 per person | 0.3893 m3 per person | 0.4644 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3706 m3 per person | 0.3589 m3 per person | 0.3827 m3 per person | 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roundwood — production, per capita in Malawi?
- Roundwood — production, per capita in Malawi was 0.3589 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest roundwood — production, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9367 m3 per person in 1976.
- What is the lowest roundwood — production, per capita recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3589 m3 per person in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for roundwood — production, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 93rd out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roundwood — production, per capita rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Roundwood — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Roundwood — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Roundwood — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Roundwood — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Roundwood — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.