China vs Malaysia: Coffee bean yields
China
3.56 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malaysia
2.07 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
1st
Malaysia rank
4th
Coffee bean yields over time
- China
- Malaysia
How they compare
China currently reports 3.56 tonnes per hectare against 2.07 tonnes per hectare in Malaysia, a difference of 1.49 tonnes per hectare.
That makes China's figure about 1.7 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 1st and Malaysia ranks 4th of 82 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and Malaysia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.388 tonnes per hectare | 0.112 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1970s | 0.5777 tonnes per hectare | 0.3794 tonnes per hectare | 0.1983 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1980s | 0.5275 tonnes per hectare | 0.7277 tonnes per hectare | 0.2003 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 0.6922 tonnes per hectare | 0.86 tonnes per hectare | 0.1678 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 0.3791 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | 2.96 tonnes per hectare | 0.3209 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 3.42 tonnes per hectare | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 0.9856 tonnes per hectare | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coffee bean yields, China or Malaysia?
- China, at 3.56 tonnes per hectare against 2.07 tonnes per hectare in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coffee bean yields between China and Malaysia?
- 1.49 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Malaysia rank globally for coffee bean yields?
- China ranks 1st 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.