Europe vs Nepal: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 1.42 million ha against 614,200 ha in Europe, a difference of 806,400 ha.
That makes Nepal's figure about 2.3 times Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 17th and Nepal ranks 16th of 28 groups.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 557,912 ha | 1.12 million ha | 560,919 ha | Nepal |
| 1970s | 879,186 ha | 1.23 million ha | 349,677 ha | Nepal |
| 1980s | 1.04 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 314,399 ha | Nepal |
| 1990s | 697,058 ha | 1.47 million ha | 770,517 ha | Nepal |
| 2000s | 592,879 ha | 1.53 million ha | 935,414 ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 660,270 ha | 1.47 million ha | 809,372 ha | Nepal |
| 2020s | 586,220 ha | 1.45 million ha | 865,426 ha | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Europe or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 1.42 million ha against 614,200 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Europe and Nepal?
- 806,400 ha, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Nepal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Nepal rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 17th and Nepal ranks 16th 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.