Malawi vs Western Africa: Beans, dry — Area harvested
Beans, dry — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 805,383 ha against 388,909 ha in Malawi, a difference of 416,474 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
Malawi ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 129 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76,244 ha | 139,201 ha | 62,957 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 106,190 ha | 122,247 ha | 16,057 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 134,400 ha | 185,688 ha | 51,288 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 155,273 ha | 162,430 ha | 7,157 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 229,078 ha | 391,797 ha | 162,719 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 320,299 ha | 789,159 ha | 468,860 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 370,589 ha | 787,044 ha | 416,455 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beans, dry — area harvested, Malawi or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 805,383 ha against 388,909 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in beans, dry — area harvested between Malawi and Western Africa?
- 416,474 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Western Africa rank globally for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 129 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.