Europe vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
How they compare
Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 912,998 ha against 614,200 ha in Europe, a difference of 298,798 ha.
That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.5 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
Europe ranks 17th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 7th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 3 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 557,912 ha | 761,419 ha | 203,507 ha | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1970s | 879,186 ha | 637,842 ha | 241,344 ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 1.04 million ha | 653,149 ha | 390,348 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 697,058 ha | 598,565 ha | 98,493 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 592,879 ha | 754,250 ha | 161,371 ha | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2010s | 660,270 ha | 904,864 ha | 244,594 ha | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2020s | 586,220 ha | 939,732 ha | 353,512 ha | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Europe or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 912,998 ha against 614,200 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Europe and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- 298,798 ha, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 17th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 7th of 28 groups.
- 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.