Madagascar vs Northern America: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Northern America
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 2.04 million ha against 1.16 million ha in Northern America, a difference of 880,630 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.8 times Northern America's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 13th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Northern America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 905,284 ha | 770,279 ha | 135,005 ha | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 952,533 ha | 121,683 ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 1.17 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 28,268 ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 1.17 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 68,303 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 1.25 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 4,568 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 1.27 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 146,554 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 1.79 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 706,218 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Madagascar or Northern America?
- Madagascar, at 2.04 million ha against 1.16 million ha in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Madagascar and Northern America?
- 880,630 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Northern America rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 13th and Northern America 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.