Africa vs Malawi: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Malawi
How they compare
Africa currently reports 670,934 ha against 263,902 ha in Malawi, a difference of 407,032 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.5 times Malawi's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 5th and Malawi ranks 3rd of 13 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191,427 ha | 92,000 ha | 99,427 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 238,407 ha | 111,800 ha | 126,607 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 256,359 ha | 114,200 ha | 142,159 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 440,674 ha | 105,500 ha | 335,174 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 564,928 ha | 150,975 ha | 413,953 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 695,669 ha | 227,872 ha | 467,798 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 696,448 ha | 261,622 ha | 434,826 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pigeon peas, dry — area harvested, Africa or Malawi?
- Africa, at 670,934 ha against 263,902 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pigeon peas, dry — area harvested between Africa and Malawi?
- 407,032 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Malawi rank globally for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 5th and Malawi ranks 3rd of 13 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.