Benin vs Malawi: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Malawi
How they compare
Benin currently reports 638,098 ha against 260,000 ha in Malawi, a difference of 378,098 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 2.5 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Malawi ahead.
Benin ranks 14th and Malawi ranks 17th of 120 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,869 ha | 73,029 ha | 48,160 ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 141,170 ha | 15,043 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 237,457 ha | 137,478 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Malawi?
- Benin, at 638,098 ha against 260,000 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Malawi?
- 378,098 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Malawi?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Malawi rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th and Malawi ranks 17th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — 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.