Home / Countries / Malawi What does Malawi produce and export? Malawi ranks in the top ten producers of 1 commodity: tobacco (#8, 2% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of tobacco (#8, 4.1% of world export value in 2024).
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Where malawi is produced, 2024 World map shaded by share of malawi production in 2024. Darkest: Malawi 100%. 1 producing countries shown. Fiji: no reported production Tanzania: no reported production Western Sahara: no reported production Canada: no reported production United States: no reported production Kazakhstan: no reported production Uzbekistan: no reported production Papua New Guinea: no reported production Indonesia: no reported production Argentina: no reported production Chile: no reported production DR Congo: no reported production Somalia: no reported production Kenya: no reported production Sudan: no reported production Chad: no reported production Haiti: no reported production Dominican Republic: no reported production Russia: no reported production Bahamas: no reported production Falkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported production Norway: no reported production Greenland: no reported production Fr. 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Cyprus Cyprus: no reported production Morocco: no reported production Egypt: no reported production Libya: no reported production Ethiopia: no reported production Djibouti: no reported production Somaliland Uganda: no reported production Rwanda: no reported production Bosnia and Herzegovina: no reported production North Macedonia: no reported production Serbia: no reported production Montenegro: no reported production Kosovo Trinidad and Tobago: no reported production South Sudan: no reported production <0.5% 0.5–1% 1–2.5% 2.5–5% 5–10% 10–20% ≥20% Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded. What does Malawi produce? Commodities where Malawi is a top-ten producer Commodity World rank Share of world Production Year Source Tobacco Softs 8 2% 119,957 t 2024 FAOSTAT
What does Malawi export? Top 1 Malawi commodity exports, 2024 Bar chart of top 1 Malawi commodity exports in 2024: Tobacco 4.1%; rest of world 96%. Tobacco Tobacco: 4.1%, $577.4 million 4.1% Rest of world Rest of world: 96%, $0 96% Malawi's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Malawi's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Malawi dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of. Top 1 Malawi commodity exports in 2024 Rank Commodity Export value (US$) Share of world 1 Tobacco $577.4 million 4.1% Rest of world $0 96%
Commodities where Malawi is a top-ten exporter Commodity World rank Share of world exports Export value Year Tobacco 8 4.1% $577.4 million 2024
Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.
Malawi in the pattern reports What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Malawi, computed from the same data as this page.
What Malawi uses Malawi had about 21 million people and a food supply of 2,618 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:
Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Malawi, 2023 Commodity Domestic supply Share of world kg per person Self-sufficiency Imported Cassava 6.3 million tonnes 1.9% 105 (#17 of 112) 100% <0.1% Corn 3.6 million tonnes 0.3% 128 (#1 of 140) 99% 1.2% Potatoes 1.5 million tonnes 0.4% 36 (#64 of 143) 100% 0.1% Bananas 1.1 million tonnes 0.8% 47 (#6 of 140) 100% <0.1% Tomatoes 694 thousand tonnes 0.4% 30 (#52 of 142) 100% <0.1% Plantains 411 thousand tonnes 0.9% 18 (#22 of 119) 99% 1.5% Pineapples 371 thousand tonnes 1.1% 16 (#7 of 139) 100% <0.1% Pork 368 thousand tonnes 0.3% 17 (#45 of 141) 100% <0.1%
FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency .
Malawi and critical minerals The export controls register lists 1 measure imposed by Malawi, of which 1 is in force, suspended or scheduled as of the register's date.