Malawi vs Malaysia: Coffee bean yields
Malawi
2.98 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malaysia
2.07 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi rank
2nd
Malaysia rank
4th
Coffee bean yields over time
- Malawi
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2.98 tonnes per hectare against 2.07 tonnes per hectare in Malaysia, a difference of 0.91 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 2nd and Malaysia ranks 4th of 82 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Malaysia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4033 tonnes per hectare | 0.388 tonnes per hectare | 0.0153 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.5568 tonnes per hectare | 0.3794 tonnes per hectare | 0.1774 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.9682 tonnes per hectare | 0.7277 tonnes per hectare | 0.2405 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1990s | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | 0.86 tonnes per hectare | 0.4458 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2000s | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 2.96 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 2.93 tonnes per hectare | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 0.4982 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coffee bean yields, Malawi or Malaysia?
- Malawi, at 2.98 tonnes per hectare against 2.07 tonnes per hectare in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coffee bean yields between Malawi and Malaysia?
- 0.91 tonnes per hectare, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Malaysia rank globally for coffee bean yields?
- Malawi ranks 2nd 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.