Peru vs Western Asia: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Peru
- Western Asia
How they compare
Peru currently reports 438,228 ha against 184,573 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 253,655 ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 2.4 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
Peru ranks 26th and Western Asia ranks 24th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 6 and Western Asia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87,798 ha | 128,672 ha | 40,874 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 127,507 ha | 125,031 ha | 2,476 ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 188,613 ha | 117,264 ha | 71,349 ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 216,066 ha | 172,148 ha | 43,918 ha | Peru |
| 2000s | 333,065 ha | 172,486 ha | 160,579 ha | Peru |
| 2010s | 400,870 ha | 176,815 ha | 224,056 ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 421,321 ha | 178,151 ha | 243,170 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Peru or Western Asia?
- Peru, at 438,228 ha against 184,573 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Peru and Western Asia?
- 253,655 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Western Asia rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 26th and Western Asia ranks 24th 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.