Cameroon vs Malawi: Cereals, primary — Yield

Cameroon
1,770 kg/ha
in 2024
Malawi
1,878 kg/ha
in 2024
Cameroon rank
128th
Malawi rank
125th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Cameroon
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1,878 kg/ha against 1,770 kg/ha in Cameroon, a difference of 108 kg/ha.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Cameroon ranks 128th and Malawi ranks 125th of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 792.78 kg/ha 1,008 kg/ha 215.07 kg/ha Malawi
1970s 851.7 kg/ha 1,125 kg/ha 273.74 kg/ha Malawi
1980s 1,064 kg/ha 1,139 kg/ha 74.81 kg/ha Malawi
1990s 1,266 kg/ha 1,182 kg/ha 84.07 kg/ha Cameroon
2000s 1,679 kg/ha 1,454 kg/ha 224.71 kg/ha Cameroon
2010s 1,684 kg/ha 1,862 kg/ha 178.41 kg/ha Malawi
2020s 1,726 kg/ha 1,997 kg/ha 271.02 kg/ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Cameroon or Malawi?
Malawi, at 1,878 kg/ha against 1,770 kg/ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Cameroon and Malawi?
108 kg/ha, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Malawi?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Malawi rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Cameroon ranks 128th and Malawi ranks 125th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 data points, 1961–2024
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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.