What is the difference in bean yields between Malawi and Zambia?

0.0576 tonnes per hectare, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?

34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Zambia: Bean yields

Malawi

0.6165 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Zambia

0.5589 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Malawi rank

117th

Zambia rank

119th

Bean yields over time

Malawi
Zambia

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.6165 tonnes per hectare against 0.5589 tonnes per hectare in Zambia, a difference of 0.0576 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Zambia ahead.

Malawi ranks 117th and Zambia ranks 119th of 133 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.5246 tonnes per hectare	0.6179 tonnes per hectare	0.0933 tonnes per hectare	Zambia
2000s	0.4606 tonnes per hectare	0.7375 tonnes per hectare	0.2769 tonnes per hectare	Zambia
2010s	0.5781 tonnes per hectare	0.6168 tonnes per hectare	0.0386 tonnes per hectare	Zambia
2020s	0.6241 tonnes per hectare	0.6248 tonnes per hectare	0.0007 tonnes per hectare	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bean yields, Malawi or Zambia?: Malawi, at 0.6165 tonnes per hectare against 0.5589 tonnes per hectare in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in bean yields between Malawi and Zambia?: 0.0576 tonnes per hectare, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for bean yields?: Malawi ranks 117th and Zambia ranks 119th of 133 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 133 places, 6,635 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.