Mauritania vs Nicaragua: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Mauritania
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 88,500 ha against 82,840 ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 5,660 ha.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Mauritania ranks 50th and Nicaragua ranks 53rd of 133 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 405.56 ha | 24,869 ha | 24,464 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 1,461 ha | 27,131 ha | 25,670 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 6,829 ha | 39,608 ha | 32,779 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 17,892 ha | 59,821 ha | 41,929 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 16,955 ha | 83,240 ha | 66,285 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 45,462 ha | 77,366 ha | 31,904 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 77,200 ha | 78,371 ha | 1,171 ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Mauritania or Nicaragua?
- Mauritania, at 88,500 ha against 82,840 ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Mauritania and Nicaragua?
- 5,660 ha, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Nicaragua rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 50th and Nicaragua ranks 53rd 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.