Caribbean vs Egypt: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 704,158 ha against 281,862 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 422,296 ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 2.5 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 20th and Egypt ranks 20th of 28 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 206,999 ha | 394,889 ha | 187,890 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 313,871 ha | 450,596 ha | 136,726 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 319,169 ha | 406,733 ha | 87,565 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 328,227 ha | 553,085 ha | 224,858 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 377,263 ha | 646,015 ha | 268,752 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 397,004 ha | 538,265 ha | 141,261 ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 299,290 ha | 566,246 ha | 266,956 ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Caribbean or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 704,158 ha against 281,862 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Caribbean and Egypt?
- 422,296 ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Egypt rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 20th and Egypt ranks 20th of 28 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.