Australia vs Malawi: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 80,100 ha against 51,969 ha in Australia, a difference of 28,131 ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.5 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 67th and Malawi ranks 65th of 146 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,760 ha | 10,390 ha | 15,370 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 67,804 ha | 39,760 ha | 28,044 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 107,159 ha | 24,055 ha | 83,104 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 131,720 ha | 34,855 ha | 96,865 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 74,904 ha | 53,286 ha | 21,618 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 63,542 ha | 63,233 ha | 309.7 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 43,359 ha | 76,750 ha | 33,391 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Australia or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 80,100 ha against 51,969 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Australia and Malawi?
- 28,131 ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Malawi rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 67th and Malawi ranks 65th of 146 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.