What is the difference in cassava yields between China and Mali?

0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Mali ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Mali?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 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 Cassava yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

China vs Mali: Cassava yields

China

16.36 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Mali

16.57 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

China rank

27th

Mali rank

25th

Cassava yields over time

China
Mali

How they compare

Mali currently reports 16.57 tonnes per hectare against 16.36 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 0.21 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.

China ranks 27th and Mali ranks 25th of 101 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	11.65 tonnes per hectare	7.12 tonnes per hectare	4.53 tonnes per hectare	China
1970s	12.13 tonnes per hectare	7.52 tonnes per hectare	4.61 tonnes per hectare	China
1980s	15.02 tonnes per hectare	7.35 tonnes per hectare	7.67 tonnes per hectare	China
1990s	14.97 tonnes per hectare	8.34 tonnes per hectare	6.63 tonnes per hectare	China
2000s	15.99 tonnes per hectare	14.46 tonnes per hectare	1.53 tonnes per hectare	China
2010s	16.39 tonnes per hectare	15.04 tonnes per hectare	1.35 tonnes per hectare	China
2020s	16.4 tonnes per hectare	15 tonnes per hectare	1.41 tonnes per hectare	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cassava yields, China or Mali?: Mali, at 16.57 tonnes per hectare against 16.36 tonnes per hectare in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in cassava yields between China and Mali?: 0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Mali?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Mali rank globally for cassava yields?: China ranks 27th and Mali ranks 25th of 101 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 Cassava yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cassava 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: 101 places, 6,151 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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