Japan vs Madagascar, Republic of: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Madagascar, Republic of
How they compare
Madagascar, Republic of currently reports 2.04 million ha against 1.46 million ha in Japan, a difference of 582,880 ha.
That makes Madagascar, Republic of's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 15th and Madagascar, Republic of ranks 13th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Madagascar, Republic of in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Madagascar, Republic of | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.28 million ha | 905,284 ha | 2.37 million ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 2.70 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.62 million ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 2.25 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.08 million ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 2.02 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 849,470 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.68 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 439,119 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.59 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 321,444 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.50 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 289,582 ha | Madagascar, Republic of |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Japan or Madagascar, Republic of?
- Madagascar, Republic of, at 2.04 million ha against 1.46 million ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Japan and Madagascar, Republic of?
- 582,880 ha, with Madagascar, Republic of ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Madagascar, Republic of?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Madagascar, Republic of rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 15th and Madagascar, Republic of ranks 13th 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.