Malawi vs Western Africa: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Western Africa
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 19,883 ha against 727 ha in Western Africa, a difference of 19,156 ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 27.3 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 16th of 45 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,187 ha | 0 ha | 13,187 ha | Malawi |
| 1970s | 16,100 ha | 98 ha | 16,002 ha | Malawi |
| 1980s | 17,870 ha | 200.5 ha | 17,670 ha | Malawi |
| 1990s | 19,326 ha | 178.5 ha | 19,148 ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 18,818 ha | 78.3 ha | 18,740 ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 17,635 ha | 88.5 ha | 17,546 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 20,513 ha | 344 ha | 20,169 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Malawi or Western Africa?
- Malawi, at 19,883 ha against 727 ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Malawi and Western Africa?
- 19,156 ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Western Africa rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 16th of 45 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tea leaves — 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.