Japan vs Malawi: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Malawi
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.82 million ha against 1.75 million ha in Malawi, a difference of 77,620 ha.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 60th and Malawi ranks 61st of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.35 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 3.34 million ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 2.97 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.76 million ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 2.64 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.40 million ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 2.31 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 896,061 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.99 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 312,555 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.92 million ha | 1.90 million ha | 22,761 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.85 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 146,770 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Japan or Malawi?
- Japan, at 1.82 million ha against 1.75 million ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Japan and Malawi?
- 77,620 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Malawi rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 60th and Malawi ranks 61st of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — 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.