Mozambique vs Southern Africa: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Mozambique
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 273,082 ha against 1,427 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 271,655 ha.
That makes Mozambique's figure about 191.4 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mozambique has been ahead every year.
Mozambique ranks 30th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 133 countries.
Mozambique has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,805 ha | 3,690 ha | 64,115 ha | Mozambique |
| 1970s | 78,589 ha | 3,109 ha | 75,481 ha | Mozambique |
| 1980s | 100,000 ha | 1,936 ha | 98,064 ha | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 135,848 ha | 1,538 ha | 134,310 ha | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 301,419 ha | 1,397 ha | 300,023 ha | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 313,382 ha | 1,380 ha | 312,002 ha | Mozambique |
| 2020s | 280,959 ha | 1,429 ha | 279,530 ha | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Mozambique or Southern Africa?
- Mozambique, at 273,082 ha against 1,427 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Mozambique and Southern Africa?
- 271,655 ha, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mozambique and Southern Africa rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 30th and Southern Africa ranks 27th 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.