Ecuador vs Western Asia: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Western Asia
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 402,235 ha against 184,573 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 217,662 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 2.2 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 28th and Western Asia ranks 24th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 5 and Western Asia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,533 ha | 128,672 ha | 22,139 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 97,841 ha | 125,031 ha | 27,190 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 184,238 ha | 117,264 ha | 66,975 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 341,186 ha | 172,148 ha | 169,038 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 371,911 ha | 172,486 ha | 199,425 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 350,020 ha | 176,815 ha | 173,205 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 347,262 ha | 178,151 ha | 169,110 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Ecuador or Western Asia?
- Ecuador, at 402,235 ha against 184,573 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Ecuador and Western Asia?
- 217,662 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Western Asia rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 28th and Western Asia 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.