Watermelons — Yield in Malawi
Malawi: Watermelons — Yield was 35,294 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Malawi, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Malawi is 35,294 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Malawi peaked at 41,950 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 33,782 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Malawi 34th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 41,950 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 41,649 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 41,348 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 41,047 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 40,746 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 40,446 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 40,145 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 39,844 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 39,543 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 39,242 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 38,941 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 38,640 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 38,339 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 38,048 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 37,767 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 37,486 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 37,205 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 36,924 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 36,642 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 36,361 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 36,080 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 36,289 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 35,716 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 35,600 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 35,524 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 33,782 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 34,666 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 37,193 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 34,227 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 35,321 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 35,554 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 35,031 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 35,301 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 35,294 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 35,294 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 17,698 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 35,294 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40,746 kg/ha | 39,543 kg/ha | 41,950 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 37,923 kg/ha | 36,642 kg/ha | 39,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,544 kg/ha | 33,782 kg/ha | 37,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,300 kg/ha | 35,031 kg/ha | 35,554 kg/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 watermelons — yield in Malawi?
- Watermelons — yield in Malawi was 35,294 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 41,950 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,782 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for watermelons — yield?
- Malawi ranks 34th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.