Guinea-Bissau vs Malawi: Rice yields
Guinea-Bissau
1.45 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi
1.59 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
107th
Malawi rank
105th
Rice yields over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1.59 tonnes per hectare against 1.45 tonnes per hectare in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.14 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 107th and Malawi ranks 105th of 123 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9414 tonnes per hectare | 0.8593 tonnes per hectare | 0.0821 tonnes per hectare | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 0.8432 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.6535 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.103 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1990s | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 0.1434 tonnes per hectare | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 0.0943 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2010s | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 0.1683 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2020s | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 0.1989 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Guinea-Bissau or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 1.59 tonnes per hectare against 1.45 tonnes per hectare in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
- 0.14 tonnes per hectare, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Malawi rank globally for rice yields?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 107th and Malawi ranks 105th 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
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.