Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Small island developing States (SIDS): Rice — Area harvested

Lao People's Democratic Republic
912,998 ha
in 2024
Small island developing States (SIDS)
705,834 ha
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
7th
Small island developing States (SIDS) rank
9th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Small island developing States (SIDS)
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 912,998 ha against 705,834 ha in Small island developing States (SIDS), a difference of 207,164 ha.

That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.3 times Small island developing States (SIDS)'s.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 7th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 9th of 18 countries.

Lao People's Democratic Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Small island developing States (SIDS) Difference Ahead
1960s 761,419 ha 435,620 ha 325,799 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1970s 637,842 ha 557,045 ha 80,797 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1980s 653,149 ha 598,619 ha 54,530 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s 598,565 ha 596,735 ha 1,830 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 754,250 ha 659,924 ha 94,326 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 904,864 ha 762,606 ha 142,259 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 939,732 ha 694,487 ha 245,245 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Small island developing States (SIDS)?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 912,998 ha against 705,834 ha in Small island developing States (SIDS) as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
207,164 ha, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Small island developing States (SIDS) rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 7th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 9th of 18 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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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.