Malawi vs Zambia: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 267,331 ha against 246,235 ha in Malawi, a difference of 21,096 ha.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
Malawi ranks 20th and Zambia ranks 18th of 93 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,444 ha | 26,111 ha | 6,667 ha | Zambia |
| 1970s | 35,250 ha | 36,400 ha | 1,150 ha | Zambia |
| 1980s | 65,149 ha | 62,538 ha | 2,611 ha | Malawi |
| 1990s | 99,942 ha | 122,400 ha | 22,458 ha | Zambia |
| 2000s | 161,025 ha | 160,574 ha | 451.7 ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 220,338 ha | 85,513 ha | 134,825 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 247,999 ha | 233,996 ha | 14,003 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava, fresh — area harvested, Malawi or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 267,331 ha against 246,235 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava, fresh — area harvested between Malawi and Zambia?
- 21,096 ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 20th and Zambia ranks 18th 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.