Central America vs Sierra Leone: Rice — Area harvested

Central America
222,334 ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone
987,345 ha
in 2024
Central America rank
22nd
Sierra Leone rank
18th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Central America
  • Sierra Leone
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M196119922024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 987,345 ha against 222,334 ha in Central America, a difference of 765,011 ha.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 4.4 times Central America's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.

Central America ranks 22nd and Sierra Leone ranks 18th of 28 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 379,528 ha 297,118 ha 82,411 ha Central America
1970s 408,165 ha 376,681 ha 31,484 ha Central America
1980s 397,819 ha 372,700 ha 25,119 ha Central America
1990s 336,678 ha 320,812 ha 15,866 ha Central America
2000s 332,699 ha 468,227 ha 135,528 ha Sierra Leone
2010s 296,258 ha 720,598 ha 424,340 ha Sierra Leone
2020s 261,662 ha 814,066 ha 552,404 ha Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Central America or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 987,345 ha against 222,334 ha in Central America as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Central America and Sierra Leone?
765,011 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Sierra Leone?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Central America and Sierra Leone rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Central America ranks 22nd and Sierra Leone ranks 18th 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
Last refreshed

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.