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Malawi: Arable land (hectares)

4.00Mhectares · 2024+11.1% since 2014

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Annual figures for Malawi from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (hectares)Note
20244,000,000
20234,000,000
20224,000,000
20214,000,000
20203,934,000
20193,878,000
20183,823,000
20173,767,000
20163,712,000
20153,656,000
20143,601,000
20133,545,000
20123,500,000
20113,500,000
20103,500,000
20093,500,000
20083,450,000
20073,300,000
20063,300,000
20053,200,000
20043,000,000
20033,000,000
20022,850,000
20012,850,000
20002,750,000
19992,700,000
19982,600,000
19972,450,000
19962,400,000
19952,300,000
19942,100,000
19932,300,000
19922,300,000
19912,350,000
19902,250,000
19892,200,000
19882,150,000
19872,150,000
19862,150,000
19852,050,000
19842,050,000
19832,000,000
19822,100,000
19812,000,000
19801,900,000
19792,050,000
19782,050,000
19772,000,000
19762,000,000
19752,000,000
19742,050,000
19732,050,000
19722,000,000
19711,950,000
19701,800,000
19691,850,000
19681,800,000
19671,700,000
19661,750,000
19651,700,000
19641,500,000
19631,450,000
19621,400,000
19611,300,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (hectares). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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