Australia vs Nicaragua: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 82,840 ha against 51,969 ha in Australia, a difference of 30,871 ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Australia ranks 56th and Nicaragua ranks 53rd of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,760 ha | 24,869 ha | 890.67 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 67,804 ha | 27,131 ha | 40,673 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 107,159 ha | 39,608 ha | 67,551 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 131,720 ha | 59,821 ha | 71,899 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 74,904 ha | 83,240 ha | 8,336 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 63,542 ha | 77,366 ha | 13,823 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 41,207 ha | 78,371 ha | 37,164 ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Australia or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 82,840 ha against 51,969 ha in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Australia and Nicaragua?
- 30,871 ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Nicaragua rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 56th and Nicaragua ranks 53rd 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.