Indonesia vs Thailand: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Indonesia
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 11.25 million ha against 10.05 million ha in Indonesia, a difference of 1.20 million ha.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Indonesia ahead.
Indonesia ranks 6th and Thailand ranks 5th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 6 and Thailand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.38 million ha | 6.63 million ha | 747,488 ha | Indonesia |
| 1970s | 8.42 million ha | 7.87 million ha | 555,640 ha | Indonesia |
| 1980s | 9.68 million ha | 9.44 million ha | 234,415 ha | Indonesia |
| 1990s | 11.15 million ha | 9.16 million ha | 1.99 million ha | Indonesia |
| 2000s | 11.71 million ha | 10.15 million ha | 1.56 million ha | Indonesia |
| 2010s | 11.31 million ha | 11.11 million ha | 196,080 ha | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 10.36 million ha | 11.07 million ha | 717,740 ha | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Indonesia or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 11.25 million ha against 10.05 million ha in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Indonesia and Thailand?
- 1.20 million ha, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Indonesia and Thailand rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 6th and Thailand ranks 5th 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.