Sri Lanka vs Timor-Leste: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Sri Lanka
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1.13 million ha against 28,574 ha in Timor-Leste, a difference of 1.10 million ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 39.6 times Timor-Leste's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Sri Lanka ranks 17th and Timor-Leste ranks 14th of 133 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 523,296 ha | 8,370 ha | 514,926 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 716,410 ha | 10,800 ha | 705,610 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 796,048 ha | 17,908 ha | 778,140 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 797,880 ha | 17,600 ha | 780,279 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 868,563 ha | 36,318 ha | 832,244 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 1.04 million ha | 27,503 ha | 1.02 million ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 1.12 million ha | 30,387 ha | 1.09 million ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Sri Lanka or Timor-Leste?
- Sri Lanka, at 1.13 million ha against 28,574 ha in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste?
- 1.10 million ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 17th and Timor-Leste ranks 14th 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.