Ghana vs Malaysia: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 593,513 ha against 472,900 ha in Ghana, a difference of 120,613 ha.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.3 times Ghana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 25th and Malaysia ranks 24th of 133 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,143 ha | 585,172 ha | 548,029 ha | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 83,100 ha | 722,446 ha | 639,346 ha | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 72,450 ha | 670,050 ha | 597,600 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 94,025 ha | 684,512 ha | 590,487 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 125,953 ha | 672,927 ha | 546,974 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 221,497 ha | 676,414 ha | 454,917 ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 389,220 ha | 627,679 ha | 238,459 ha | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Ghana or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 593,513 ha against 472,900 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Ghana and Malaysia?
- 120,613 ha, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Malaysia rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 25th and Malaysia ranks 24th 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.