Cambodia vs Nigeria: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Cambodia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.57 million ha against 3.90 million ha in Cambodia, a difference of 675,800 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Cambodia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cambodia ahead.
Cambodia ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.21 million ha | 201,222 ha | 2.01 million ha | Cambodia |
| 1970s | 1.17 million ha | 280,900 ha | 890,900 ha | Cambodia |
| 1980s | 1.50 million ha | 783,800 ha | 715,000 ha | Cambodia |
| 1990s | 1.84 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 68,612 ha | Cambodia |
| 2000s | 2.30 million ha | 2.29 million ha | 6,619 ha | Cambodia |
| 2010s | 3.06 million ha | 3.31 million ha | 252,225 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 3.53 million ha | 4.44 million ha | 902,160 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Cambodia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.57 million ha against 3.90 million ha in Cambodia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Cambodia and Nigeria?
- 675,800 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cambodia and Nigeria rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 9th 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.