Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Bangladesh
0.066 ha per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.0516 ha per person
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
9th
Sri Lanka rank
12th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita over time
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 0.066 ha per person against 0.0516 ha per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0144 ha per person.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.3 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 9th and Sri Lanka ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1552 ha per person | 0.048 ha per person | 0.1072 ha per person | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 0.1291 ha per person | 0.0534 ha per person | 0.0757 ha per person | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 0.105 ha per person | 0.0513 ha per person | 0.0538 ha per person | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 0.0831 ha per person | 0.0457 ha per person | 0.0374 ha per person | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 0.0745 ha per person | 0.0431 ha per person | 0.0314 ha per person | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 0.072 ha per person | 0.0494 ha per person | 0.0226 ha per person | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 0.0684 ha per person | 0.0508 ha per person | 0.0176 ha per person | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, per capita, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka?
- Bangladesh, at 0.066 ha per person against 0.0516 ha per person in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested, per capita between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0144 ha per person, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 9th and Sri Lanka ranks 12th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.