Bangladesh vs China, mainland: Rice — Area harvested

Bangladesh
11.45 million ha
in 2024
China, mainland
29.01 million ha
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
4th
China, mainland rank
3rd

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Bangladesh
  • China, mainland
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 29.01 million ha against 11.45 million ha in Bangladesh, a difference of 17.56 million ha.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.5 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 4th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 133 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 9.31 million ha 29.04 million ha 19.73 million ha China, mainland
1970s 9.90 million ha 34.85 million ha 24.95 million ha China, mainland
1980s 10.33 million ha 32.77 million ha 22.43 million ha China, mainland
1990s 10.07 million ha 31.47 million ha 21.40 million ha China, mainland
2000s 10.67 million ha 28.78 million ha 18.11 million ha China, mainland
2010s 11.41 million ha 30.45 million ha 19.04 million ha China, mainland
2020s 11.61 million ha 29.48 million ha 17.87 million ha China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Bangladesh or China, mainland?
China, mainland, at 29.01 million ha against 11.45 million ha in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Bangladesh and China, mainland?
17.56 million ha, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and China, mainland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and China, mainland rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Bangladesh ranks 4th and China, mainland ranks 3rd 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

Indicator
Rice — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 9,589 data points, 1961–2024
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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.