Colombia vs Malaysia: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Malaysia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 627,249 ha against 593,513 ha in Malaysia, a difference of 33,736 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malaysia ahead.
Colombia ranks 22nd and Malaysia ranks 24th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 292,687 ha | 585,172 ha | 292,485 ha | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 335,921 ha | 722,446 ha | 386,524 ha | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 407,254 ha | 670,050 ha | 262,795 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 424,002 ha | 684,512 ha | 260,510 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 473,402 ha | 672,927 ha | 199,525 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 542,531 ha | 676,414 ha | 133,884 ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 635,850 ha | 627,679 ha | 8,171 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Colombia or Malaysia?
- Colombia, at 627,249 ha against 593,513 ha in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Colombia and Malaysia?
- 33,736 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Malaysia rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 22nd and Malaysia ranks 24th 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.