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Malawi: Arable land (% of land area)

42.43percent · 2024+11.1% since 2014

Arable land 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 (percent)Note
202442.427
202342.427
202242.427
202142.427
202041.727
201941.133
201840.549
201739.955
201639.372
201538.778
201438.195
201337.601
201237.123
201137.123
201037.123
200937.123
200836.593
200735.002
200635.002
200533.941
200431.82
200331.82
200230.229
200130.229
200029.168
199928.638
199827.577
199725.986
199625.456
199524.395
199422.274
199324.395
199224.395
199124.926
199023.865
198923.335
198822.804
198722.804
198622.804
198521.744
198421.744
198321.213
198222.274
198121.213
198020.153
197921.744
197821.744
197721.213
197621.213
197521.213
197421.744
197321.744
197221.213
197120.683
197019.092
196919.622
196819.092
196718.031
196618.562
196518.031
196415.91
196315.38
196214.849
196113.789

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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