Nepal vs Southern Europe: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Nepal
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 1.42 million ha against 374,480 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 1.05 million ha.
That makes Nepal's figure about 3.8 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Nepal ranks 16th and Southern Europe ranks 19th of 133 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.12 million ha | 260,995 ha | 857,836 ha | Nepal |
| 1970s | 1.23 million ha | 311,479 ha | 917,384 ha | Nepal |
| 1980s | 1.36 million ha | 314,900 ha | 1.04 million ha | Nepal |
| 1990s | 1.47 million ha | 368,409 ha | 1.10 million ha | Nepal |
| 2000s | 1.53 million ha | 389,656 ha | 1.14 million ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 1.47 million ha | 405,037 ha | 1.06 million ha | Nepal |
| 2020s | 1.45 million ha | 361,165 ha | 1.09 million ha | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Nepal or Southern Europe?
- Nepal, at 1.42 million ha against 374,480 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Nepal and Southern Europe?
- 1.05 million ha, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Southern Europe rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 16th and Southern Europe ranks 19th 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.