Melanesia vs Syrian Arab Republic: Rice — Area harvested

Melanesia
4,751 ha
in 2024
Syrian Arab Republic
20 ha
in 1996
Melanesia rank
15th
Syrian Arab Republic rank
18th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Melanesia
  • Syrian Arab Republic
05.0k10.0k15.0k196119922024

How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 4,751 ha against 20 ha in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 4,731 ha.

That makes Melanesia's figure about 237.6 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.

Melanesia ranks 15th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 18th of 18 countries.

Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Melanesia Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1960s 11,023 ha 1,065 ha 9,959 ha Melanesia
1970s 10,973 ha 318.3 ha 10,654 ha Melanesia
1980s 13,120 ha 20 ha 13,100 ha Melanesia
1990s 10,569 ha 18.86 ha 10,550 ha Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Melanesia or Syrian Arab Republic?
Melanesia, at 4,751 ha against 20 ha in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Melanesia and Syrian Arab Republic?
4,731 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Syrian Arab Republic?
36 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1996.
How do Melanesia and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Melanesia ranks 15th and Syrian Arab Republic 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

Indicator
Rice — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 9,589 data points, 1961–2024
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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.