Malawi vs Rwanda: Cereal yields
Malawi
1.88 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Rwanda
1.78 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi rank
130th
Rwanda rank
133rd
Cereal yields over time
- Malawi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1.88 tonnes per hectare against 1.78 tonnes per hectare in Rwanda, a difference of 0.1 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 26 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 130th and Rwanda ranks 133rd of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Rwanda in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 0.1652 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.0523 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 0.0475 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 0.0786 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2000s | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 0.3511 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2010s | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 0.1769 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2020s | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | 0.419 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yields, Malawi or Rwanda?
- Malawi, at 1.88 tonnes per hectare against 1.78 tonnes per hectare in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yields between Malawi and Rwanda?
- 0.1 tonnes per hectare, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Rwanda rank globally for cereal yields?
- Malawi ranks 130th and Rwanda ranks 133rd of 186 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 Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.