Republic of Korea vs USSR: Rice — Area harvested

Republic of Korea
697,713 ha
in 2024
USSR
599,400 ha
in 1991
Republic of Korea rank
21st
USSR rank
23rd

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Republic of Korea
  • USSR
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How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 697,713 ha against 599,400 ha in USSR, a difference of 98,313 ha.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.2 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Republic of Korea ranks 21st and USSR ranks 23rd of 133 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Republic of Korea USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 1.19 million ha 217,889 ha 969,000 ha Republic of Korea
1970s 1.21 million ha 487,800 ha 721,816 ha Republic of Korea
1980s 1.24 million ha 656,310 ha 579,304 ha Republic of Korea
1990s 1.23 million ha 606,700 ha 619,700 ha Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Republic of Korea or USSR?
Republic of Korea, at 697,713 ha against 599,400 ha in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Republic of Korea and USSR?
98,313 ha, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Republic of Korea and USSR rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Republic of Korea ranks 21st and USSR ranks 23rd 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

Indicator
Rice — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 9,589 data points, 1961–2024
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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.