Europe vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Rice — Area harvested

Europe
614,200 ha
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic
912,998 ha
in 2024
Europe rank
17th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
7th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Europe
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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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

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.