China vs Malawi: Coffee bean yields
China
3.56 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi
2.98 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
1st
Malawi rank
2nd
Coffee bean yields over time
- China
- Malawi
How they compare
China currently reports 3.56 tonnes per hectare against 2.98 tonnes per hectare in Malawi, a difference of 0.58 tonnes per hectare.
That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 1st and Malawi ranks 2nd of 82 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.4033 tonnes per hectare | 0.0967 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1970s | 0.5777 tonnes per hectare | 0.5568 tonnes per hectare | 0.0209 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1980s | 0.5275 tonnes per hectare | 0.9682 tonnes per hectare | 0.4408 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.6922 tonnes per hectare | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | 0.6136 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2000s | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.6845 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2010s | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 0.9209 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2020s | 3.42 tonnes per hectare | 2.93 tonnes per hectare | 0.4874 tonnes per hectare | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coffee bean yields, China or Malawi?
- China, at 3.56 tonnes per hectare against 2.98 tonnes per hectare in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coffee bean yields between China and Malawi?
- 0.58 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Malawi rank globally for coffee bean yields?
- China ranks 1st and Malawi ranks 2nd 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.