Small island developing States (SIDS) vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested

Small island developing States (SIDS)
705,834 ha
in 2024
Sri Lanka
1.13 million ha
in 2024
Small island developing States (SIDS) rank
9th
Sri Lanka rank
17th

Rice — Area harvested over time

  • Small island developing States (SIDS)
  • Sri Lanka
400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M196119922024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.13 million ha against 705,834 ha in Small island developing States (SIDS), a difference of 426,026 ha.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.6 times Small island developing States (SIDS)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 9th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 18 regions.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Small island developing States (SIDS) Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 435,620 ha 523,296 ha 87,676 ha Sri Lanka
1970s 557,045 ha 716,410 ha 159,366 ha Sri Lanka
1980s 598,619 ha 796,048 ha 197,429 ha Sri Lanka
1990s 596,735 ha 797,880 ha 201,145 ha Sri Lanka
2000s 659,924 ha 868,563 ha 208,639 ha Sri Lanka
2010s 762,606 ha 1.04 million ha 280,352 ha Sri Lanka
2020s 694,487 ha 1.12 million ha 425,895 ha Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, Small island developing States (SIDS) or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 1.13 million ha against 705,834 ha in Small island developing States (SIDS) as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Small island developing States (SIDS) and Sri Lanka?
426,026 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Small island developing States (SIDS) and Sri Lanka?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Small island developing States (SIDS) and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested?
Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 9th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 18 regions.
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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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.