# Potato production in Malawi

Potato production in Malawi was 1,457,542 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
- Note: 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.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_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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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,457,542 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 1,516,396 |
| 2022 | 1,442,661 |
| 2021 | 1,419,527 |
| 2020 | 1,318,236 |
| 2019 | 1,113,077 |
| 2018 | 1,125,874 |
| 2017 | 1,226,603 |
| 2016 | 1,043,338 |
| 2015 | 1,065,833 |
| 2014 | 1,023,981 |
| 2013 | 4,535,955 |
| 2012 | 4,152,204 |
| 2011 | 3,613,290 |
| 2010 | 3,673,538 |
| 2009 | 3,427,764 |
| 2008 | 2,993,818 |
| 2007 | 2,858,811 |
| 2006 | 2,309,426 |
| 2005 | 1,485,883 |
| 2004 | 2,182,624 |
| 2003 | 1,884,197 |
| 2002 | 1,403,804 |
| 2001 | 2,852,007 |
| 2000 | 2,037,283 |
| 1999 | 1,840,401 |
| 1998 | 1,552,721 |
| 1997 | 975,013 |
| 1996 | 702,891 |
| 1995 | 397,214 |
| 1994 | 350,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 370,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 350,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 360,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 350,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 340,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 330,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 320,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 310,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 300,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 295,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 290,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 285,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 280,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 270,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 260,000 |
| 1978 | 260,000 |
| 1977 | 255,000 |
| 1976 | 250,000 |
| 1975 | 245,000 |
| 1974 | 240,000 |
| 1973 | 235,000 |
| 1972 | 85,275 |
| 1971 | 83,461 |
| 1970 | 86,182 |
| 1969 | 84,368 |
| 1968 | 80,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 78,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 70,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 68,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 66,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 64,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 62,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 60,000 (estimated) |