Iraq vs Malawi: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Iraq
- Malawi
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
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.