Philippines vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested, per capita

Philippines
0.0401 ha per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.0516 ha per person
in 2024
Philippines rank
15th
Sri Lanka rank
12th

Rice — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Philippines
  • Sri Lanka
0.040.060.080.10.12196119922024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0516 ha per person against 0.0401 ha per person in Philippines, a difference of 0.0115 ha per person.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.3 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Philippines ahead.

Philippines ranks 15th and Sri Lanka ranks 12th of 120 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Philippines averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Philippines Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.098 ha per person 0.048 ha per person 0.05 ha per person Philippines
1970s 0.0837 ha per person 0.0534 ha per person 0.0303 ha per person Philippines
1980s 0.0617 ha per person 0.0513 ha per person 0.0105 ha per person Philippines
1990s 0.0509 ha per person 0.0457 ha per person 0.0052 ha per person Philippines
2000s 0.048 ha per person 0.0431 ha per person 0.0049 ha per person Philippines
2010s 0.0448 ha per person 0.0494 ha per person 0.0046 ha per person Sri Lanka
2020s 0.0418 ha per person 0.0508 ha per person 0.0091 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, Philippines or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.0516 ha per person against 0.0401 ha per person in Philippines as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested, per capita between Philippines and Sri Lanka?
0.0115 ha per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Sri Lanka?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Philippines and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested, per capita?
Philippines ranks 15th 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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Indicator
Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
121 places, 6,292 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.