Madagascar vs Mozambique: Sorghum yields
Madagascar
0.5668 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mozambique
0.6066 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar rank
101st
Mozambique rank
98th
Sorghum yields over time
- Madagascar
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 0.6066 tonnes per hectare against 0.5668 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0398 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mozambique ahead.
Madagascar ranks 101st and Mozambique ranks 98th of 114 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 3 and Mozambique in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5961 tonnes per hectare | 0.8094 tonnes per hectare | 0.2133 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
| 1970s | 0.5044 tonnes per hectare | 0.8134 tonnes per hectare | 0.309 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
| 1980s | 0.5255 tonnes per hectare | 0.5905 tonnes per hectare | 0.0651 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 0.6024 tonnes per hectare | 0.4757 tonnes per hectare | 0.1267 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.5554 tonnes per hectare | 0.487 tonnes per hectare | 0.0683 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.5681 tonnes per hectare | 0.5272 tonnes per hectare | 0.0409 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.5643 tonnes per hectare | 0.5686 tonnes per hectare | 0.0043 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, Madagascar or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 0.6066 tonnes per hectare against 0.5668 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between Madagascar and Mozambique?
- 0.0398 tonnes per hectare, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mozambique?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Mozambique rank globally for sorghum yields?
- Madagascar ranks 101st and Mozambique ranks 98th of 114 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 Sorghum 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.