Madagascar vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Madagascar
0.0638 ha per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.0516 ha per person
in 2024
Madagascar rank
10th
Sri Lanka rank
12th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita over time
- Madagascar
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.0638 ha per person against 0.0516 ha per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0122 ha per person.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 10th and Sri Lanka ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.155 ha per person | 0.048 ha per person | 0.107 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 0.1407 ha per person | 0.0534 ha per person | 0.0873 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 0.114 ha per person | 0.0513 ha per person | 0.0628 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 0.0849 ha per person | 0.0457 ha per person | 0.0392 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.0661 ha per person | 0.0431 ha per person | 0.023 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.0505 ha per person | 0.0494 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.0586 ha per person | 0.0508 ha per person | 0.0077 ha per person | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, per capita, Madagascar or Sri Lanka?
- Madagascar, at 0.0638 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 Madagascar and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0122 ha per person, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Madagascar ranks 10th 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.