Watermelons — Area harvested in Malawi
Malawi: Watermelons — Area harvested was 86 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in Malawi, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Malawi is 86 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Malawi peaked at 159 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 83 ha, in 2018.
Malawi ranks 98th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Malawi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 159 ha | — |
| 1992 | 157 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 155 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 153 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 151 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 149 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 146 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 144 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 142 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 139 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 137 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 135 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 132 ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 130 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 127 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 124 ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 122 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 119 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 116 ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 113 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 110 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 112 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 106 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 105 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 103 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 87 ha | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 92 ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 83 ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 87 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 86 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 87 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 86 ha | -1.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 86 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 23,576 ha, 0% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 86 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,701 ha, 2% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 150.67 ha | 142 ha | 159 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 128.1 ha | 116 ha | 139 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.8 ha | 83 ha | 113 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.6 ha | 86 ha | 87 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 95 Botswana 150 ha compare
- 96 Trinidad and Tobago 116 ha compare
- 97 Malta 94 ha compare
- 99 Solomon Islands 75 ha compare
- 99 United Arab Emirates 75 ha compare
- 101 Qatar 71 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)
- 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 watermelons — area harvested in Malawi?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Malawi was 86 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 159 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 83 ha in 2018.
- How does Malawi rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 98th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. 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 Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.