Sierra Leone vs Southern Europe: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Sierra Leone
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 987,345 ha against 374,480 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 612,865 ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.6 times Southern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 18th and Southern Europe ranks 19th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 6 and Southern Europe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 297,118 ha | 260,995 ha | 36,123 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 376,681 ha | 311,479 ha | 65,202 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 372,700 ha | 314,900 ha | 57,800 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 320,812 ha | 368,409 ha | 47,597 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 468,227 ha | 389,656 ha | 78,571 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 720,598 ha | 405,037 ha | 315,561 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 814,066 ha | 361,165 ha | 452,901 ha | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Southern Europe?
- Sierra Leone, at 987,345 ha against 374,480 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Southern Europe?
- 612,865 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Southern Europe rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 18th and Southern Europe ranks 19th 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.