Iraq vs Malawi: Rice — Area harvested

Iraq
52,372 ha
in 2024
Malawi
80,100 ha
in 2024
Iraq rank
55th
Malawi rank
54th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Iraq
  • Malawi
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k196119922024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 80,100 ha against 52,372 ha in Iraq, a difference of 27,728 ha.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.5 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 55th and Malawi ranks 54th of 133 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 5 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iraq Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 70,333 ha 10,390 ha 59,944 ha Iraq
1970s 63,264 ha 39,760 ha 23,504 ha Iraq
1980s 55,158 ha 24,055 ha 31,102 ha Iraq
1990s 120,712 ha 34,855 ha 85,858 ha Iraq
2000s 91,418 ha 53,286 ha 38,131 ha Iraq
2010s 61,745 ha 63,233 ha 1,488 ha Malawi
2020s 51,492 ha 76,750 ha 25,258 ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Iraq or Malawi?
Malawi, at 80,100 ha against 52,372 ha in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Iraq and Malawi?
27,728 ha, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Malawi?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Malawi rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Iraq ranks 55th and Malawi ranks 54th 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.