Iraq vs Spain: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Iraq
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 85,940 ha against 52,372 ha in Iraq, a difference of 33,568 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.6 times Iraq's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Iraq ranks 55th and Spain ranks 52nd of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,333 ha | 61,523 ha | 8,811 ha | Iraq |
| 1970s | 63,264 ha | 63,785 ha | 520.8 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 55,158 ha | 68,662 ha | 13,505 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 120,712 ha | 88,292 ha | 32,421 ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 91,418 ha | 112,889 ha | 21,471 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 61,745 ha | 111,434 ha | 49,689 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 51,492 ha | 76,768 ha | 25,276 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Iraq or Spain?
- Spain, at 85,940 ha against 52,372 ha in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Iraq and Spain?
- 33,568 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Spain rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 55th and Spain ranks 52nd 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.