Malaysia vs Western Asia: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Malaysia
- Western Asia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 593,513 ha against 184,573 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 408,940 ha.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 3.2 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Malaysia ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 24th of 133 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 585,172 ha | 128,672 ha | 456,500 ha | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 722,446 ha | 125,031 ha | 597,415 ha | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 670,050 ha | 117,264 ha | 552,786 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 684,512 ha | 172,148 ha | 512,364 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 672,927 ha | 172,486 ha | 500,441 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 676,414 ha | 176,815 ha | 499,600 ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 627,679 ha | 178,151 ha | 449,528 ha | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Malaysia or Western Asia?
- Malaysia, at 593,513 ha against 184,573 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Malaysia and Western Asia?
- 408,940 ha, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Western Asia rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 24th 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.