Nigeria vs Philippines: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 4.65 million ha against 4.57 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 73,020 ha.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Philippines has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 10th and Philippines ranks 9th of 146 countries.
Philippines has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 201,222 ha | 3.18 million ha | 2.98 million ha | Philippines |
| 1970s | 280,900 ha | 3.50 million ha | 3.22 million ha | Philippines |
| 1980s | 783,800 ha | 3.35 million ha | 2.56 million ha | Philippines |
| 1990s | 1.77 million ha | 3.56 million ha | 1.79 million ha | Philippines |
| 2000s | 2.29 million ha | 4.18 million ha | 1.88 million ha | Philippines |
| 2010s | 3.31 million ha | 4.65 million ha | 1.34 million ha | Philippines |
| 2020s | 4.44 million ha | 4.76 million ha | 322,480 ha | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Nigeria or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 4.65 million ha against 4.57 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Nigeria and Philippines?
- 73,020 ha, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Philippines?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Philippines rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 10th and Philippines ranks 9th of 146 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.