Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 262,326 ha against 246,235 ha in Malawi, a difference of 16,091 ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 20th and Sierra Leone ranks 19th of 93 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,444 ha | 18,755 ha | 689.44 ha | Malawi |
| 1970s | 35,250 ha | 17,526 ha | 17,724 ha | Malawi |
| 1980s | 65,149 ha | 26,120 ha | 39,029 ha | Malawi |
| 1990s | 99,942 ha | 42,122 ha | 57,820 ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 161,025 ha | 214,093 ha | 53,067 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 220,338 ha | 264,014 ha | 43,676 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 247,999 ha | 179,475 ha | 68,525 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava, fresh — area harvested, Malawi or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 262,326 ha against 246,235 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava, fresh — area harvested between Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 16,091 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 20th and Sierra Leone ranks 19th of 93 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cassava, fresh — 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.