Melanesia vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1.13 million ha against 4,751 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1.13 million ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 238.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 15th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 18 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,023 ha | 523,296 ha | 512,273 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 10,973 ha | 716,410 ha | 705,438 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 13,120 ha | 796,048 ha | 782,928 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 9,882 ha | 797,880 ha | 787,998 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 6,824 ha | 868,563 ha | 861,738 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 4,077 ha | 1.04 million ha | 1.04 million ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 4,478 ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.12 million ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Melanesia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 1.13 million ha against 4,751 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Melanesia and Sri Lanka?
- 1.13 million ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th 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.