Madagascar vs Malawi: Corn: Yield gap
Madagascar
3.19 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi
3.4 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar rank
29th
Malawi rank
26th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Madagascar
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.4 tonnes per hectare against 3.19 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar, a difference of 0.21 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 29th and Malawi ranks 26th of 115 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.61 tonnes per hectare | 3.89 tonnes per hectare | 0.2868 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2010s | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | 3.44 tonnes per hectare | 0.1018 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.21 tonnes per hectare | 3.29 tonnes per hectare | 0.0774 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Madagascar or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 3.4 tonnes per hectare against 3.19 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Madagascar and Malawi?
- 0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Malawi?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Malawi rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Madagascar ranks 29th and Malawi ranks 26th of 115 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.