What is the difference in millet yields between Malawi and Nigeria?

0.0897 tonnes per hectare, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nigeria?

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.

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 Millet yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Nigeria: Millet yields

Malawi

0.7261 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nigeria

0.8158 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Malawi rank

72nd

Nigeria rank

69th

Millet yields over time

Malawi
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.8158 tonnes per hectare against 0.7261 tonnes per hectare in Malawi, a difference of 0.0897 tonnes per hectare.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Nigeria ahead.

Malawi ranks 72nd and Nigeria ranks 69th of 89 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.7 tonnes per hectare	0.9861 tonnes per hectare	0.2861 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
1980s	0.5306 tonnes per hectare	1.3 tonnes per hectare	0.7686 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
1990s	0.4939 tonnes per hectare	1.03 tonnes per hectare	0.532 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
2000s	0.5991 tonnes per hectare	1.43 tonnes per hectare	0.833 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
2010s	0.6666 tonnes per hectare	0.9311 tonnes per hectare	0.2645 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
2020s	0.7392 tonnes per hectare	0.9475 tonnes per hectare	0.2083 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher millet yields, Malawi or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.8158 tonnes per hectare against 0.7261 tonnes per hectare in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in millet yields between Malawi and Nigeria?: 0.0897 tonnes per hectare, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nigeria?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Nigeria rank globally for millet yields?: Malawi ranks 72nd and Nigeria ranks 69th of 89 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 Millet yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Millet 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: 89 places, 4,540 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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