China, People's Republic of vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- China, People's Republic of
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
How they compare
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 44.43 million ha against 29.26 million ha in China, People's Republic of, a difference of 15.18 million ha.
That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 1.5 times China, People's Republic of's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, People's Republic of ahead.
China, People's Republic of ranks 2nd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 2nd of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China, People's Republic of averaged higher in 4 and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, People's Republic of | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.84 million ha | 23.66 million ha | 6.18 million ha | China, People's Republic of |
| 1970s | 35.61 million ha | 24.80 million ha | 10.80 million ha | China, People's Republic of |
| 1980s | 33.34 million ha | 26.48 million ha | 6.86 million ha | China, People's Republic of |
| 1990s | 31.85 million ha | 28.44 million ha | 3.41 million ha | China, People's Republic of |
| 2000s | 29.05 million ha | 33.03 million ha | 3.97 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2010s | 30.72 million ha | 38.70 million ha | 7.98 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2020s | 29.72 million ha | 42.36 million ha | 12.64 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, China, People's Republic of or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 44.43 million ha against 29.26 million ha in China, People's Republic of as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between China, People's Republic of and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 15.18 million ha, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, People's Republic of and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, People's Republic of and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- China, People's Republic of ranks 2nd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 2nd 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.