Morocco vs South Africa: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Morocco
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 1,058 ha against 924 ha in Morocco, a difference of 134 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Morocco's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Morocco ahead.
Morocco ranks 101st and South Africa ranks 98th of 133 countries.
Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,722 ha | 1,356 ha | 4,367 ha | Morocco |
| 1970s | 5,120 ha | 1,300 ha | 3,820 ha | Morocco |
| 1980s | 3,780 ha | 1,300 ha | 2,480 ha | Morocco |
| 1990s | 6,570 ha | 1,358 ha | 5,212 ha | Morocco |
| 2000s | 5,730 ha | 1,284 ha | 4,446 ha | Morocco |
| 2010s | 6,841 ha | 1,132 ha | 5,710 ha | Morocco |
| 2020s | 5,523 ha | 1,072 ha | 4,451 ha | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Morocco or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 1,058 ha against 924 ha in Morocco as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Morocco and South Africa?
- 134 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Morocco and South Africa rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 101st and South Africa ranks 98th 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.