Malawi vs New Caledonia: Wheat yields
Malawi
0.4877 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
New Caledonia
0.6732 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi rank
123rd
New Caledonia rank
121st
Wheat yields over time
- Malawi
- New Caledonia
How they compare
New Caledonia currently reports 0.6732 tonnes per hectare against 0.4877 tonnes per hectare in Malawi, a difference of 0.1855 tonnes per hectare.
That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.4 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Caledonia ahead.
Malawi ranks 123rd and New Caledonia ranks 121st of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and New Caledonia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 2.62 tonnes per hectare | 0.7299 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | 0.2675 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 0.797 tonnes per hectare | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 0.5298 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 0.6307 tonnes per hectare | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 0.8186 tonnes per hectare | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.9868 tonnes per hectare | 0.2355 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.6637 tonnes per hectare | 0.6306 tonnes per hectare | 0.0331 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat yields, Malawi or New Caledonia?
- New Caledonia, at 0.6732 tonnes per hectare against 0.4877 tonnes per hectare in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat yields between Malawi and New Caledonia?
- 0.1855 tonnes per hectare, with New Caledonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and New Caledonia?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and New Caledonia rank globally for wheat yields?
- Malawi ranks 123rd and New Caledonia ranks 121st 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
Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.