Madagascar vs Northern Africa: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 2.04 million ha against 711,511 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 1.33 million ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 2.9 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 13th and Northern Africa ranks 16th of 133 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 905,284 ha | 403,968 ha | 501,316 ha | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 463,852 ha | 610,364 ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 1.17 million ha | 415,166 ha | 750,595 ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 1.17 million ha | 562,781 ha | 609,449 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 659,358 ha | 586,324 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 1.27 million ha | 554,816 ha | 714,590 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 1.79 million ha | 579,368 ha | 1.21 million ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Madagascar or Northern Africa?
- Madagascar, at 2.04 million ha against 711,511 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Madagascar and Northern Africa?
- 1.33 million ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Northern Africa rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 13th and Northern Africa ranks 16th 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.