Southern Europe vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Southern Europe
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1.13 million ha against 374,480 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 757,380 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 3.0 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Southern Europe ranks 19th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 28 groups.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Europe | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 260,995 ha | 523,296 ha | 262,301 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 311,479 ha | 716,410 ha | 404,931 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 314,900 ha | 796,048 ha | 481,147 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 368,409 ha | 797,880 ha | 429,471 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 389,656 ha | 868,563 ha | 478,906 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 405,037 ha | 1.04 million ha | 637,921 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 361,165 ha | 1.12 million ha | 759,217 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Southern Europe or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 1.13 million ha against 374,480 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Southern Europe and Sri Lanka?
- 757,380 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Europe and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 19th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 28 groups.
- 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.