Brazil vs Malaysia: Coffee bean yields
Brazil
1.74 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malaysia
2.07 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
7th
Malaysia rank
4th
Coffee bean yields over time
- Brazil
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 2.07 tonnes per hectare against 1.74 tonnes per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 0.33 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 7th and Malaysia ranks 4th of 82 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Malaysia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4617 tonnes per hectare | 0.388 tonnes per hectare | 0.0737 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1970s | 0.5339 tonnes per hectare | 0.3794 tonnes per hectare | 0.1545 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1980s | 0.588 tonnes per hectare | 0.7277 tonnes per hectare | 0.1398 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 0.6139 tonnes per hectare | 0.86 tonnes per hectare | 0.2461 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 2.96 tonnes per hectare | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 0.6771 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coffee bean yields, Brazil or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 2.07 tonnes per hectare against 1.74 tonnes per hectare in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coffee bean yields between Brazil and Malaysia?
- 0.33 tonnes per hectare, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Malaysia rank globally for coffee bean yields?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Malaysia ranks 4th of 82 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coffee bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.