Malawi vs Mozambique: Yields of key staple crops
Malawi
0.4877 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mozambique
0.3125 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Malawi rank
123rd
Mozambique rank
125th
Yields of key staple crops over time
- Malawi
- Mozambique
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.4877 tonnes per hectare against 0.3125 tonnes per hectare in Mozambique, a difference of 0.1752 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.6 times Mozambique's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 123rd and Mozambique ranks 125th of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Mozambique in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 0.8842 tonnes per hectare | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1970s | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | 0.853 tonnes per hectare | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.797 tonnes per hectare | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 0.5198 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 0.6307 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.6091 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 0.0084 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | 0.1061 tonnes per hectare | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.6637 tonnes per hectare | 0.924 tonnes per hectare | 0.2603 tonnes per hectare | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of key staple crops, Malawi or Mozambique?
- Malawi, at 0.4877 tonnes per hectare against 0.3125 tonnes per hectare in Mozambique as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Malawi and Mozambique?
- 0.1752 tonnes per hectare, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Mozambique?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Mozambique rank globally for yields of key staple crops?
- Malawi ranks 123rd and Mozambique ranks 125th of 125 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 Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.