Egypt vs Sierra Leone: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 987,345 ha against 704,158 ha in Egypt, a difference of 283,187 ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Egypt ranks 20th and Sierra Leone ranks 18th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 394,889 ha | 297,118 ha | 97,771 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 450,596 ha | 376,681 ha | 73,915 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 406,733 ha | 372,700 ha | 34,033 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 553,085 ha | 320,812 ha | 232,273 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 646,015 ha | 468,227 ha | 177,787 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 538,265 ha | 720,598 ha | 182,333 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 566,246 ha | 814,066 ha | 247,820 ha | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Egypt or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 987,345 ha against 704,158 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Egypt and Sierra Leone?
- 283,187 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Sierra Leone rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 20th and Sierra Leone ranks 18th 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.