What is the difference in potato yields between Malawi and Peru?

0.33 tonnes per hectare, with Peru ahead.

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

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Potato yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Peru: Potato yields

Malawi

19.18 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Peru

19.51 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Malawi rank

84th

Peru rank

82nd

Potato yields over time

Malawi
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 19.51 tonnes per hectare against 19.18 tonnes per hectare in Malawi, a difference of 0.33 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 84th and Peru ranks 82nd of 159 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Peru in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1960s	6.31 tonnes per hectare	5.81 tonnes per hectare	0.4998 tonnes per hectare	Malawi
1970s	6.89 tonnes per hectare	6.6 tonnes per hectare	0.2865 tonnes per hectare	Malawi
1980s	7.74 tonnes per hectare	8.18 tonnes per hectare	0.4375 tonnes per hectare	Peru
1990s	9.42 tonnes per hectare	9.16 tonnes per hectare	0.2636 tonnes per hectare	Malawi
2000s	13.12 tonnes per hectare	12.33 tonnes per hectare	0.788 tonnes per hectare	Malawi
2010s	16.89 tonnes per hectare	14.92 tonnes per hectare	1.97 tonnes per hectare	Malawi
2020s	18.65 tonnes per hectare	17.63 tonnes per hectare	1.02 tonnes per hectare	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Malawi or Peru?: Peru, at 19.51 tonnes per hectare against 19.18 tonnes per hectare in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Malawi and Peru?: 0.33 tonnes per hectare, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Peru?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Peru rank globally for potato yields?: Malawi ranks 84th and Peru ranks 82nd of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Potato yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Potato yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 159 places, 8,735 data points, 1705–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.