Ecuador vs Peru: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 438,228 ha against 402,235 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 35,993 ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 35th and Peru ranks 33rd of 146 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,533 ha | 87,798 ha | 18,735 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 97,841 ha | 127,507 ha | 29,666 ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 184,238 ha | 188,613 ha | 4,374 ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 341,186 ha | 216,066 ha | 125,120 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 371,911 ha | 333,065 ha | 38,846 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 350,020 ha | 400,870 ha | 50,850 ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 347,262 ha | 421,321 ha | 74,059 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Ecuador or Peru?
- Peru, at 438,228 ha against 402,235 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Ecuador and Peru?
- 35,993 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Peru rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 35th and Peru ranks 33rd of 146 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.