Afghanistan vs Madagascar: Wheat yields

Afghanistan
2.26 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar
2.41 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
86th
Madagascar rank
83rd

Wheat yields over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 2.41 tonnes per hectare against 2.26 tonnes per hectare in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.15 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 86th and Madagascar ranks 83rd of 125 countries.

Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Madagascar Difference Ahead
1970s 1.2 tonnes per hectare 1.6 tonnes per hectare 0.3958 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1980s 1.22 tonnes per hectare 1.59 tonnes per hectare 0.372 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1990s 1.12 tonnes per hectare 2.28 tonnes per hectare 1.16 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2000s 1.41 tonnes per hectare 2.37 tonnes per hectare 0.9517 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2010s 2 tonnes per hectare 2.4 tonnes per hectare 0.3952 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2020s 2.07 tonnes per hectare 2.41 tonnes per hectare 0.3324 tonnes per hectare Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat yields, Afghanistan or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 2.41 tonnes per hectare against 2.26 tonnes per hectare in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat yields between Afghanistan and Madagascar?
0.15 tonnes per hectare, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Madagascar?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Madagascar rank globally for wheat yields?
Afghanistan ranks 86th and Madagascar ranks 83rd of 125 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Wheat yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed

Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.