Melanesia vs Sierra Leone: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 987,345 ha against 4,751 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 982,594 ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 207.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 18th of 18 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,023 ha | 297,118 ha | 286,094 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 10,973 ha | 376,681 ha | 365,708 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 13,120 ha | 372,700 ha | 359,580 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 9,882 ha | 320,812 ha | 310,930 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 6,824 ha | 468,227 ha | 461,403 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4,077 ha | 720,598 ha | 716,520 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 4,478 ha | 814,066 ha | 809,588 ha | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Melanesia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 987,345 ha against 4,751 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Melanesia and Sierra Leone?
- 982,594 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Sierra Leone rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 18th of 18 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.