Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Malawi
Malawi: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index was 343.11 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Malawi, 1997–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — producer price index in Malawi is 343.11, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 286.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Malawi peaked at 343.11 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.32, in 1997.
That places Malawi 8th out of 82 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.32 | — |
| 1998 | 3.62 | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 6.03 | +66.6% |
| 2000 | 7.84 | +30.0% |
| 2001 | 6.81 | -13.1% |
| 2002 | 6.95 | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 6.58 | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 9.4 | +42.9% |
| 2005 | 10.22 | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 14.75 | +44.3% |
| 2007 | 16.46 | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 17.71 | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 28.85 | +62.9% |
| 2010 | 27.99 | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 31.14 | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 41.3 | +32.6% |
| 2013 | 62.38 | +51.0% |
| 2014 | 87.26 | +39.9% |
| 2015 | 88.77 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 123.97 | +39.7% |
| 2017 | 126.76 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 137.28 | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 160.08 | +16.6% |
| 2020 | 178.26 | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 192.13 | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 227.15 | +18.2% |
| 2023 | 268.99 | +18.4% |
| 2024 | 306.05 | +13.8% |
| 2025 | 343.11 | +12.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.32 | 3.32 | 6.03 | 3 |
| 2000s | 12.56 | 6.58 | 28.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.69 | 27.99 | 160.08 | 10 |
| 2020s | 252.62 | 178.26 | 343.11 | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth -23.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth -24.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 25.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 525.79 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 353,070 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 1.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.1704 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 114.45 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price index in Malawi?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price index in Malawi was 343.11 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 343.11 in 2025.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.32 in 1997.
- How does Malawi rank for sweet potatoes — producer price index?
- Malawi ranks 8th out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 286.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.