Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 1.42 million ha against 1.13 million ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 288,740 ha.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.3 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Nepal ranks 16th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 133 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.12 million ha | 523,296 ha | 595,535 ha | Nepal |
| 1970s | 1.23 million ha | 716,410 ha | 512,452 ha | Nepal |
| 1980s | 1.36 million ha | 796,048 ha | 561,848 ha | Nepal |
| 1990s | 1.47 million ha | 797,880 ha | 669,695 ha | Nepal |
| 2000s | 1.53 million ha | 868,563 ha | 659,730 ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 1.47 million ha | 1.04 million ha | 426,684 ha | Nepal |
| 2020s | 1.45 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 331,264 ha | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Nepal or Sri Lanka?
- Nepal, at 1.42 million ha against 1.13 million ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Nepal and Sri Lanka?
- 288,740 ha, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 16th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th 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.