Greece vs Zambia: Rice — Area harvested

Greece
31,570 ha
in 2024
Zambia
23,162 ha
in 2024
Greece rank
68th
Zambia rank
71st

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Greece
  • Zambia
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k196119922024

How they compare

Greece currently reports 31,570 ha against 23,162 ha in Zambia, a difference of 8,408 ha.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.4 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 68th and Zambia ranks 71st of 133 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Zambia Difference Ahead
1960s 20,546 ha 166.44 ha 20,379 ha Greece
1970s 17,783 ha 1,766 ha 16,017 ha Greece
1980s 17,208 ha 8,533 ha 8,675 ha Greece
1990s 22,440 ha 11,556 ha 10,884 ha Greece
2000s 23,481 ha 12,776 ha 10,706 ha Greece
2010s 29,925 ha 27,381 ha 2,544 ha Greece
2020s 31,786 ha 36,229 ha 4,443 ha Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Greece or Zambia?
Greece, at 31,570 ha against 23,162 ha in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Greece and Zambia?
8,408 ha, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Zambia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Greece and Zambia rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Greece ranks 68th and Zambia ranks 71st 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

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.