Colombia vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Rice — Production

Colombia
2.82 million t
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
3.48 million t
in 2024
Colombia rank
21st
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
6th

Rice — Production over time

  • Colombia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M196119922024

How they compare

Iran (Islamic Republic of) currently reports 3.48 million t against 2.82 million t in Colombia, a difference of 655,820 t.

That makes Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iran (Islamic Republic of) ahead.

Colombia ranks 21st and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 6th of 133 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Iran (Islamic Republic of) in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Difference Ahead
1960s 633,654 t 923,889 t 290,235 t Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1970s 1.37 million t 1.31 million t 53,792 t Colombia
1980s 1.82 million t 1.59 million t 234,301 t Colombia
1990s 1.82 million t 2.37 million t 553,751 t Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2000s 2.26 million t 2.45 million t 199,174 t Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2010s 2.25 million t 2.75 million t 503,042 t Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2020s 2.89 million t 3.64 million t 746,144 t Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — production, Colombia or Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Iran (Islamic Republic of), at 3.48 million t against 2.82 million t in Colombia as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice — production between Colombia and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
655,820 t, with Iran (Islamic Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Colombia and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for rice — production?
Colombia ranks 21st and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 6th of 133 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rice — Production
Unit
t
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
Last refreshed

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.