Bangladesh vs Malawi: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested

Bangladesh
638,820 ha
in 2024
Malawi
752,052 ha
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
52nd
Malawi rank
50th

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 752,052 ha against 638,820 ha in Bangladesh, a difference of 113,232 ha.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 52nd and Malawi ranks 50th of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 346,440 ha 247,643 ha 98,798 ha Bangladesh
1970s 371,104 ha 295,796 ha 75,308 ha Bangladesh
1980s 596,386 ha 237,013 ha 359,372 ha Bangladesh
1990s 580,682 ha 163,948 ha 416,733 ha Bangladesh
2000s 410,415 ha 350,942 ha 59,474 ha Bangladesh
2010s 483,711 ha 641,457 ha 157,746 ha Malawi
2020s 545,317 ha 732,579 ha 187,262 ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Bangladesh or Malawi?
Malawi, at 752,052 ha against 638,820 ha in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Bangladesh and Malawi?
113,232 ha, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Malawi?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Malawi rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Bangladesh ranks 52nd and Malawi ranks 50th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,169 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.