Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Nepal
0.0479 ha per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.0516 ha per person
in 2024
Nepal rank
13th
Sri Lanka rank
12th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita over time
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0516 ha per person against 0.0479 ha per person in Nepal, a difference of 0.0037 ha per person.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 13th and Sri Lanka ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1 ha per person | 0.048 ha per person | 0.052 ha per person | Nepal |
| 1970s | 0.0895 ha per person | 0.0534 ha per person | 0.0362 ha per person | Nepal |
| 1980s | 0.0787 ha per person | 0.0513 ha per person | 0.0274 ha per person | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.0671 ha per person | 0.0457 ha per person | 0.0214 ha per person | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.0588 ha per person | 0.0431 ha per person | 0.0156 ha per person | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.0529 ha per person | 0.0494 ha per person | 0.0035 ha per person | Nepal |
| 2020s | 0.0492 ha per person | 0.0508 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, per capita, Nepal or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.0516 ha per person against 0.0479 ha per person in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested, per capita between Nepal and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0037 ha per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Nepal ranks 13th 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.