Malawi vs Senegal: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 1.95 million ha against 1.75 million ha in Malawi, a difference of 207,090 ha.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Senegal ahead.
Malawi ranks 61st and Senegal ranks 58th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Senegal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.01 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 127,870 ha | Senegal |
| 1970s | 1.22 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 87,704 ha | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1.23 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 11,887 ha | Malawi |
| 1990s | 1.41 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 128,459 ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 1.68 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 440,044 ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 1.90 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 448,512 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 2.00 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 55,494 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Malawi or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 1.95 million ha against 1.75 million ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Malawi and Senegal?
- 207,090 ha, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Senegal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Senegal rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 61st and Senegal ranks 58th 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.