Brunei vs Madagascar: Rice yields

Brunei
2.42 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar
2.44 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brunei rank
89th
Madagascar rank
88th

Rice yields over time

  • Brunei
  • Madagascar
1234196119922024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 2.44 tonnes per hectare against 2.42 tonnes per hectare in Brunei, a difference of 0.02 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Brunei ranks 89th and Madagascar ranks 88th of 123 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 1 and Madagascar in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei Madagascar Difference Ahead
1960s 1.54 tonnes per hectare 1.81 tonnes per hectare 0.2731 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1970s 2.05 tonnes per hectare 1.84 tonnes per hectare 0.2052 tonnes per hectare Brunei
1980s 1.62 tonnes per hectare 1.85 tonnes per hectare 0.2255 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1990s 0.8671 tonnes per hectare 2.1 tonnes per hectare 1.24 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2000s 0.8435 tonnes per hectare 2.6 tonnes per hectare 1.76 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2010s 1.69 tonnes per hectare 3.21 tonnes per hectare 1.52 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2020s 2.62 tonnes per hectare 2.68 tonnes per hectare 0.0587 tonnes per hectare Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice yields, Brunei or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 2.44 tonnes per hectare against 2.42 tonnes per hectare in Brunei as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice yields between Brunei and Madagascar?
0.02 tonnes per hectare, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Madagascar?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brunei and Madagascar rank globally for rice yields?
Brunei ranks 89th and Madagascar ranks 88th of 123 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 Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Rice 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
124 places, 7,162 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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