Mali vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Mali
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1.13 million ha against 789,529 ha in Mali, a difference of 342,331 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.4 times Mali's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Mali ranks 19th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 133 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167,022 ha | 523,296 ha | 356,274 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 182,181 ha | 716,410 ha | 534,230 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 178,626 ha | 796,048 ha | 617,422 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 283,812 ha | 797,880 ha | 514,068 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 412,187 ha | 868,563 ha | 456,376 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 739,652 ha | 1.04 million ha | 303,305 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 871,344 ha | 1.12 million ha | 249,038 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Mali or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 1.13 million ha against 789,529 ha in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Mali and Sri Lanka?
- 342,331 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 19th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th 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.