Malawi vs Rwanda: Cereals, primary — Yield

Malawi
1,878 kg/ha
in 2024
Rwanda
1,784 kg/ha
in 2024
Malawi rank
135th
Rwanda rank
138th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Malawi
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1,878 kg/ha against 1,784 kg/ha in Rwanda, a difference of 94 kg/ha.

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 135th and Rwanda ranks 138th of 193 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 1,008 kg/ha 1,173 kg/ha 165.21 kg/ha Rwanda
1970s 1,125 kg/ha 1,073 kg/ha 52.28 kg/ha Malawi
1980s 1,139 kg/ha 1,186 kg/ha 47.54 kg/ha Rwanda
1990s 1,182 kg/ha 1,103 kg/ha 78.63 kg/ha Malawi
2000s 1,454 kg/ha 1,103 kg/ha 351.08 kg/ha Malawi
2010s 1,862 kg/ha 1,685 kg/ha 176.86 kg/ha Malawi
2020s 1,997 kg/ha 1,578 kg/ha 418.96 kg/ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Malawi or Rwanda?
Malawi, at 1,878 kg/ha against 1,784 kg/ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Malawi and Rwanda?
94 kg/ha, 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 cereals, primary — yield?
Malawi ranks 135th and Rwanda ranks 138th of 193 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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About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.