Portugal vs Zambia: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Portugal
- Zambia
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 27,720 ha against 23,162 ha in Zambia, a difference of 4,558 ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 70th and Zambia ranks 71st of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,741 ha | 166.44 ha | 35,575 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 35,403 ha | 1,766 ha | 33,636 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 31,314 ha | 8,533 ha | 22,781 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 25,653 ha | 11,556 ha | 14,097 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 25,627 ha | 12,776 ha | 12,851 ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 29,608 ha | 27,381 ha | 2,226 ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 27,644 ha | 36,229 ha | 8,585 ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Portugal or Zambia?
- Portugal, at 27,720 ha against 23,162 ha in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Portugal and Zambia?
- 4,558 ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Zambia rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 70th and Zambia ranks 71st 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.