Australia vs Iraq: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 52,372 ha against 51,969 ha in Australia, a difference of 403 ha.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.
Australia ranks 56th and Iraq ranks 55th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Iraq in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,760 ha | 70,333 ha | 44,573 ha | Iraq |
| 1970s | 67,804 ha | 63,264 ha | 4,540 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 107,159 ha | 55,158 ha | 52,002 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 131,720 ha | 120,712 ha | 11,008 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 74,904 ha | 91,418 ha | 16,513 ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 63,542 ha | 61,745 ha | 1,798 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 43,359 ha | 51,492 ha | 8,133 ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Australia or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 52,372 ha against 51,969 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Australia and Iraq?
- 403 ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Iraq?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Iraq rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 56th and Iraq ranks 55th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.