Malawi vs Rwanda: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 154,724 ha against 96,872 ha in Malawi, a difference of 57,852 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.6 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.
Malawi ranks 37th and Rwanda ranks 34th of 120 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,333 ha | 113,243 ha | 28,909 ha | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 101,000 ha | 139,181 ha | 38,181 ha | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 28,929 ha | 163,872 ha | 134,943 ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 53,664 ha | 111,831 ha | 58,167 ha | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 64,971 ha | 170,944 ha | 105,973 ha | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 95,638 ha | 134,921 ha | 39,282 ha | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 114,049 ha | 165,612 ha | 51,563 ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Malawi or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 154,724 ha against 96,872 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Malawi and Rwanda?
- 57,852 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 sorghum — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 37th and Rwanda ranks 34th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — 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.