Senegal vs Southern Africa: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Senegal
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 410,271 ha against 1,427 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 408,844 ha.
That makes Senegal's figure about 287.5 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Senegal has been ahead every year.
Senegal ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 133 countries.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,005 ha | 3,690 ha | 78,314 ha | Senegal |
| 1970s | 77,466 ha | 3,109 ha | 74,358 ha | Senegal |
| 1980s | 71,034 ha | 1,936 ha | 69,098 ha | Senegal |
| 1990s | 76,748 ha | 1,538 ha | 75,210 ha | Senegal |
| 2000s | 94,665 ha | 1,397 ha | 93,268 ha | Senegal |
| 2010s | 211,360 ha | 1,380 ha | 209,980 ha | Senegal |
| 2020s | 393,119 ha | 1,429 ha | 391,690 ha | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Senegal or Southern Africa?
- Senegal, at 410,271 ha against 1,427 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Senegal and Southern Africa?
- 408,844 ha, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Senegal and Southern Africa rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 27th 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.