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Agricultural land in Malawi

Agricultural land in Malawi was 65% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 34th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202465% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank34th of 224Countries ranked
Series high652021
Series low33.91961

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Agricultural land in Malawi, 1961 to 2024

304050607019611971198119912001201120241961: 33.9 %1962: 35 %1963: 35.5 %1964: 36.1 %1965: 38.2 %1966: 38.8 %1967: 38.2 %1968: 39.3 %1969: 39.9 %1970: 39.3 %1971: 40.9 %1972: 41.4 %1973: 42 %1974: 42 %1975: 41.5 %1976: 41.5 %1977: 41.5 %1978: 42.1 %1979: 42.1 %1980: 40.6 %1981: 41.7 %1982: 42.8 %1983: 41.8 %1984: 42.3 %1985: 42.5 %1986: 43.5 %1987: 43.6 %1988: 43.7 %1989: 44.2 %1990: 44.7 %1991: 45.8 %1992: 45.3 %1993: 45.3 %1994: 43.2 %1995: 45.4 %1996: 46.5 %1997: 47 %1998: 48.6 %1999: 49.6 %2000: 50.2 %2001: 51.2 %2002: 51.2 %2003: 52.8 %2004: 52.8 %2005: 54.9 %2006: 56 %2007: 56 %2008: 57.6 %2009: 58.1 %2010: 58.1 %2011: 58.1 %2012: 58.1 %2013: 59.2 %2014: 59.8 %2015: 60.4 %2016: 61.7 %2017: 62.3 %2018: 62.9 %2019: 63.5 %2020: 64.3 %2021: 65 %2022: 65 %2023: 65 %2024: 65 %304050607019611983200520241961: 33.9 %1962: 35 %1963: 35.5 %1964: 36.1 %1965: 38.2 %1966: 38.8 %1967: 38.2 %1968: 39.3 %1969: 39.9 %1970: 39.3 %1971: 40.9 %1972: 41.4 %1973: 42 %1974: 42 %1975: 41.5 %1976: 41.5 %1977: 41.5 %1978: 42.1 %1979: 42.1 %1980: 40.6 %1981: 41.7 %1982: 42.8 %1983: 41.8 %1984: 42.3 %1985: 42.5 %1986: 43.5 %1987: 43.6 %1988: 43.7 %1989: 44.2 %1990: 44.7 %1991: 45.8 %1992: 45.3 %1993: 45.3 %1994: 43.2 %1995: 45.4 %1996: 46.5 %1997: 47 %1998: 48.6 %1999: 49.6 %2000: 50.2 %2001: 51.2 %2002: 51.2 %2003: 52.8 %2004: 52.8 %2005: 54.9 %2006: 56 %2007: 56 %2008: 57.6 %2009: 58.1 %2010: 58.1 %2011: 58.1 %2012: 58.1 %2013: 59.2 %2014: 59.8 %2015: 60.4 %2016: 61.7 %2017: 62.3 %2018: 62.9 %2019: 63.5 %2020: 64.3 %2021: 65 %2022: 65 %2023: 65 %2024: 65 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202465 Estimated
202365 Estimated
202265 Estimated
202165 Estimated
202064.3 Estimated
201963.5 Estimated
201862.9 Estimated
201762.3 Estimated
201661.7 Estimated
201560.4 Estimated
201459.8 Estimated
201359.2 Estimated
201258.1 Estimated
201158.1 Estimated
201058.1 Estimated
200958.1 Estimated
200857.6 Estimated
200756 Estimated
200656 Estimated
200554.9 Estimated
200452.8 Estimated
200352.8 Estimated
200251.2 Estimated
200151.2 Estimated
200050.2 Estimated
199949.6 Estimated
199848.6 Estimated
199747 Estimated
199646.5 Estimated
199545.4 Estimated
199443.2 Estimated
199345.3 Estimated
199245.3 Estimated
199145.8 Estimated
199044.7 Estimated
198944.2 Estimated
198843.7 Estimated
198743.6 Estimated
198643.5 Estimated
198542.5 Estimated
198442.3 Estimated
198341.8 Estimated
198242.8 Estimated
198141.7 Estimated
198040.6 Estimated
197942.1 Estimated
197842.1 Estimated
197741.5 Estimated
197641.5 Estimated
197541.5 Estimated
197442 Estimated
197342 Estimated
197241.4 Estimated
197140.9 Estimated
197039.3 Estimated
196939.9 Estimated
196839.3 Estimated
196738.2 Estimated
196638.8 Estimated
196538.2 Estimated
196436.1 Estimated
196335.5 Estimated
196235 Estimated
196133.9 Estimated

Malawi compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Malawi is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Malawi, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Malawi, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/malawi. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Malawi, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/malawi.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Malawi, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/malawi (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Malawi, 1961 to 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Malawi?

Agricultural land in Malawi was 65% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 34th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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65% in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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