Malawi vs Tanzania: Cotton yields
Malawi
0.5824 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Tanzania
0.6337 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi rank
83rd
Tanzania rank
80th
Cotton yields over time
- Malawi
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.6337 tonnes per hectare against 0.5824 tonnes per hectare in Malawi, a difference of 0.0513 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.
Malawi ranks 83rd and Tanzania ranks 80th of 100 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Tanzania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3502 tonnes per hectare | 0.4629 tonnes per hectare | 0.1126 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 0.5671 tonnes per hectare | 0.4977 tonnes per hectare | 0.0694 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.6846 tonnes per hectare | 0.3834 tonnes per hectare | 0.3012 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.729 tonnes per hectare | 0.5044 tonnes per hectare | 0.2246 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.8843 tonnes per hectare | 0.5675 tonnes per hectare | 0.3168 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.7075 tonnes per hectare | 0.6444 tonnes per hectare | 0.063 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.6154 tonnes per hectare | 0.6473 tonnes per hectare | 0.032 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cotton yields, Malawi or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.6337 tonnes per hectare against 0.5824 tonnes per hectare in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cotton yields between Malawi and Tanzania?
- 0.0513 tonnes per hectare, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Tanzania rank globally for cotton yields?
- Malawi ranks 83rd and Tanzania ranks 80th of 100 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 Cotton 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.