Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 409 ha against 224 ha in Zimbabwe, a difference of 185 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.8 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 105th and Zimbabwe ranks 107th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 507.78 ha | 1,883 ha | 1,376 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 497 ha | 1,248 ha | 750.5 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 262 ha | 328 ha | 66 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 351.6 ha | 204.4 ha | 147.2 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 405.4 ha | 651.7 ha | 246.3 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 408.9 ha | 3,087 ha | 2,678 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 408.4 ha | 1,238 ha | 829.4 ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Papua New Guinea or Zimbabwe?
- Papua New Guinea, at 409 ha against 224 ha in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
- 185 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 105th and Zimbabwe ranks 107th 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.