Malawi vs Rwanda: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 104,518 ha against 75,977 ha in Malawi, a difference of 28,541 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.4 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.
Malawi ranks 32nd and Rwanda ranks 29th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Rwanda in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,111 ha | 16,849 ha | 5,738 ha | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 28,700 ha | 23,436 ha | 5,264 ha | Malawi |
| 1980s | 39,603 ha | 38,144 ha | 1,459 ha | Malawi |
| 1990s | 75,602 ha | 36,109 ha | 39,493 ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 176,614 ha | 127,141 ha | 49,473 ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 134,299 ha | 106,924 ha | 27,376 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 76,684 ha | 111,311 ha | 34,627 ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Malawi or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 104,518 ha against 75,977 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Malawi and Rwanda?
- 28,541 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Rwanda rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 32nd and Rwanda ranks 29th of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.