Gambia vs Niger: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Gambia
- Niger
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 49,811 ha against 48,714 ha in Niger, a difference of 1,097 ha.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 60th and Niger ranks 61st of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,481 ha | 10,798 ha | 14,683 ha | Gambia |
| 1970s | 22,795 ha | 19,010 ha | 3,785 ha | Gambia |
| 1980s | 17,861 ha | 21,564 ha | 3,703 ha | Niger |
| 1990s | 13,444 ha | 24,102 ha | 10,658 ha | Niger |
| 2000s | 22,674 ha | 19,777 ha | 2,897 ha | Gambia |
| 2010s | 64,973 ha | 24,469 ha | 40,504 ha | Gambia |
| 2020s | 47,833 ha | 37,291 ha | 10,542 ha | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Gambia or Niger?
- Gambia, at 49,811 ha against 48,714 ha in Niger as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Gambia and Niger?
- 1,097 ha, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Niger?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Niger rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 60th and Niger ranks 61st 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.