Mali vs Northern Africa: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Mali
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Mali currently reports 789,529 ha against 711,511 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 78,018 ha.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Northern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Africa ahead.
Mali ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 16th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Northern Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167,022 ha | 403,968 ha | 236,946 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 182,181 ha | 463,852 ha | 281,672 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 178,626 ha | 415,166 ha | 236,541 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 283,812 ha | 562,781 ha | 278,970 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 412,187 ha | 659,358 ha | 247,171 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 739,652 ha | 554,816 ha | 184,837 ha | Mali |
| 2020s | 871,344 ha | 579,368 ha | 291,975 ha | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Mali or Northern Africa?
- Mali, at 789,529 ha against 711,511 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Mali and Northern Africa?
- 78,018 ha, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Northern Africa rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 19th 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.