Malawi vs Uganda: Cereals, primary — Yield

Malawi
1,878 kg/ha
in 2024
Uganda
1,920 kg/ha
in 2024
Malawi rank
135th
Uganda rank
132nd

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Malawi
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 1,920 kg/ha against 1,878 kg/ha in Malawi, a difference of 42 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 135th and Uganda ranks 132nd of 193 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Uganda Difference Ahead
1960s 1,008 kg/ha 956.61 kg/ha 51.23 kg/ha Malawi
1970s 1,125 kg/ha 1,253 kg/ha 127.42 kg/ha Uganda
1980s 1,139 kg/ha 1,405 kg/ha 266.54 kg/ha Uganda
1990s 1,182 kg/ha 1,465 kg/ha 283.13 kg/ha Uganda
2000s 1,454 kg/ha 1,645 kg/ha 191.51 kg/ha Uganda
2010s 1,862 kg/ha 1,855 kg/ha 6.85 kg/ha Malawi
2020s 1,997 kg/ha 1,874 kg/ha 123.88 kg/ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Malawi or Uganda?
Uganda, at 1,920 kg/ha against 1,878 kg/ha in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Malawi and Uganda?
42 kg/ha, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Malawi ranks 135th and Uganda ranks 132nd 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.