Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi
Malawi: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.3 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.3 LSU/ha for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.1% on the previous year and up 200.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi peaked at 0.3 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 23rd of 172 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1988 | 0.01 LSU/ha | -50.0% |
| 1989 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1996 | 0.01 LSU/ha | -50.0% |
| 1997 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1998 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +18.2% |
| 2018 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +69.2% |
| 2019 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +27.3% |
| 2020 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.011 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.014 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.129 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 20 Spain 0.34 LSU/ha compare
- 21 Germany 0.32 LSU/ha compare
- 22 Réunion 0.31 LSU/ha compare
- 23 Papua New Guinea 0.3 LSU/ha compare
- 25 Austria 0.24 LSU/ha compare
- 26 Saint Lucia 0.22 LSU/ha compare
- 26 Switzerland 0.22 LSU/ha compare
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)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 10.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi?
- Swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi was 0.3 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malawi ranks 23rd out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 200.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.