What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Madagascar and Palestine?

0.16 tonnes per hectare, with Palestine ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Palestine?

29 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.

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 Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Madagascar vs Palestine: Yields of important staple crops

Madagascar

2.41 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Palestine

2.57 tonnes per hectare

in 2022

Madagascar rank

83rd

Palestine rank

81st

Yields of important staple crops over time

Madagascar
Palestine

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 2.57 tonnes per hectare against 2.41 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar, a difference of 0.16 tonnes per hectare.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 83rd and Palestine ranks 81st of 126 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 3 and Palestine in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.23 tonnes per hectare	1.48 tonnes per hectare	0.7434 tonnes per hectare	Madagascar
2000s	2.37 tonnes per hectare	1.9 tonnes per hectare	0.4691 tonnes per hectare	Madagascar
2010s	2.4 tonnes per hectare	2.16 tonnes per hectare	0.235 tonnes per hectare	Madagascar
2020s	2.4 tonnes per hectare	2.63 tonnes per hectare	0.2271 tonnes per hectare	Palestine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yields of important staple crops, Madagascar or Palestine?: Palestine, at 2.57 tonnes per hectare against 2.41 tonnes per hectare in Madagascar as of 2022.
What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Madagascar and Palestine?: 0.16 tonnes per hectare, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Palestine?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.
How do Madagascar and Palestine rank globally for yields of important staple crops?: Madagascar ranks 83rd and Palestine ranks 81st of 126 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 Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Yields of important staple crops
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: 18 September 2026

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