Madagascar vs East Timor: Soybean yields

Madagascar
0.6036 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
East Timor
0.7967 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar rank
95th
East Timor rank
92nd

Soybean yields over time

  • Madagascar
  • East Timor
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How they compare

East Timor currently reports 0.7967 tonnes per hectare against 0.6036 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar, a difference of 0.1931 tonnes per hectare.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.3 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 95th and East Timor ranks 92nd of 105 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and East Timor in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar East Timor Difference Ahead
1970s 1.62 tonnes per hectare 0.7143 tonnes per hectare 0.9101 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1980s 1.18 tonnes per hectare 0.7143 tonnes per hectare 0.4631 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1990s 0.6589 tonnes per hectare 0.7957 tonnes per hectare 0.1368 tonnes per hectare East Timor
2000s 0.5885 tonnes per hectare 0.9008 tonnes per hectare 0.3123 tonnes per hectare East Timor
2010s 0.5956 tonnes per hectare 1.24 tonnes per hectare 0.6439 tonnes per hectare East Timor
2020s 0.6004 tonnes per hectare 0.8307 tonnes per hectare 0.2303 tonnes per hectare East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soybean yields, Madagascar or East Timor?
East Timor, at 0.7967 tonnes per hectare against 0.6036 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in soybean yields between Madagascar and East Timor?
0.1931 tonnes per hectare, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and East Timor?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and East Timor rank globally for soybean yields?
Madagascar ranks 95th and East Timor ranks 92nd of 105 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 Soybean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Soybean yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 4,851 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.