Ecuador vs Southern Africa: Rice — Area harvested

Ecuador
402,235 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
1,427 ha
in 2024
Ecuador rank
28th
Southern Africa rank
27th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Ecuador
  • Southern Africa
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 402,235 ha against 1,427 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 400,808 ha.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 281.9 times Southern Africa's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.

Ecuador ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 133 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 106,533 ha 3,690 ha 102,843 ha Ecuador
1970s 97,841 ha 3,109 ha 94,732 ha Ecuador
1980s 184,238 ha 1,936 ha 182,302 ha Ecuador
1990s 341,186 ha 1,538 ha 339,648 ha Ecuador
2000s 371,911 ha 1,397 ha 370,514 ha Ecuador
2010s 350,020 ha 1,380 ha 348,640 ha Ecuador
2020s 347,262 ha 1,429 ha 345,832 ha Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Ecuador or Southern Africa?
Ecuador, at 402,235 ha against 1,427 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Ecuador and Southern Africa?
400,808 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Ecuador and Southern Africa rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Ecuador ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 27th 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

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.