Mali vs Niger: Rice yields
Mali
3.49 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Niger
3.38 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mali rank
75th
Niger rank
76th
Rice yields over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Mali currently reports 3.49 tonnes per hectare against 3.38 tonnes per hectare in Niger, a difference of 0.11 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.
Mali ranks 75th and Niger ranks 76th of 124 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.7767 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 1970s | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 0.6663 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 1980s | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 1990s | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 2000s | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 3.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.941 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 2010s | 3.14 tonnes per hectare | 4.02 tonnes per hectare | 0.8811 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 2020s | 3.23 tonnes per hectare | 3.81 tonnes per hectare | 0.5772 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Mali or Niger?
- Mali, at 3.49 tonnes per hectare against 3.38 tonnes per hectare in Niger as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Mali and Niger?
- 0.11 tonnes per hectare, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for rice yields?
- Mali ranks 75th and Niger ranks 76th of 124 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.