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Africa > Malawi > Agriculture

MALAWIAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 115 [62nd of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 47.19 % of land area Time series [77th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 44,400 sq. km Time series [89th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 1,430 Time series [127th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 2,240 thousand hectares [79th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 26.04 % of land area Time series [37th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 2,450,000 hectares Time series [75th of 199]
Banana production 93,000 metric tonnes [43rd of 48]
Cereal production 115 thousand metric tons [62nd of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 1,097.3 kg/ha Time series [141st of 171]
Cotton exports 30 thousand bales [43rd of 109]
Cotton production 30 [49th of 109]
Fertilizer use 14.6 kg [99th of 138]
Food production index 95.6 % Time series [163rd of 182]
Labor share 82.4% [9th of 149]
Meat production 49 thousand metric tons [126th of 149]
Pesticide use 0.3 kg [33rd of 45]
Products
tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, pulses, groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats
Tractors 1,430 [119th of 147]
value added > annual % growth -9.11 % Time series [134th of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Agri-Food Business Development Centre; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Malawi, Republic of Malawi

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