Malawi vs Rwanda: Cotton yields

Malawi

0.5824 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Rwanda

0.5489 tonnes per hectare

in 1977

Malawi rank

83rd

Rwanda rank

86th

Cotton yields over time

Malawi currently reports 0.5824 tonnes per hectare against 0.5489 tonnes per hectare in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0335 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.

Malawi ranks 83rd and Rwanda ranks 86th of 100 countries.

Indicator: Cotton yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 101 places, 5,475 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.