Central America vs Mali: Rice — Area harvested

Central America
222,334 ha
in 2024
Mali
789,529 ha
in 2024
Central America rank
22nd
Mali rank
19th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Central America
  • Mali
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M196119922024

How they compare

Mali currently reports 789,529 ha against 222,334 ha in Central America, a difference of 567,195 ha.

That makes Mali's figure about 3.6 times Central America's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.

Central America ranks 22nd and Mali ranks 19th of 28 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 4 and Mali in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America Mali Difference Ahead
1960s 379,528 ha 167,022 ha 212,506 ha Central America
1970s 408,165 ha 182,181 ha 225,984 ha Central America
1980s 397,819 ha 178,626 ha 219,194 ha Central America
1990s 336,678 ha 283,812 ha 52,866 ha Central America
2000s 332,699 ha 412,187 ha 79,488 ha Mali
2010s 296,258 ha 739,652 ha 443,394 ha Mali
2020s 261,662 ha 871,344 ha 609,681 ha Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Central America or Mali?
Mali, at 789,529 ha against 222,334 ha in Central America as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Central America and Mali?
567,195 ha, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Mali?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Central America and Mali rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Central America ranks 22nd and Mali ranks 19th of 28 groups.
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.