Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Production, per capita
Nepal
0.2009 t per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.2144 t per person
in 2024
Nepal rank
10th
Sri Lanka rank
9th
Rice — Production, per capita over time
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.2144 t per person against 0.2009 t per person in Nepal, a difference of 0.0135 t per person.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 10th and Sri Lanka ranks 9th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1916 t per person | 0.0984 t per person | 0.0933 t per person | Nepal |
| 1970s | 0.1694 t per person | 0.1125 t per person | 0.0569 t per person | Nepal |
| 1980s | 0.1566 t per person | 0.1501 t per person | 0.0065 t per person | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.1603 t per person | 0.144 t per person | 0.0163 t per person | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.1612 t per person | 0.1556 t per person | 0.0055 t per person | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.1788 t per person | 0.1902 t per person | 0.0113 t per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.1893 t per person | 0.2076 t per person | 0.0184 t per person | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — production, per capita, Nepal or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.2144 t per person against 0.2009 t per person in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — production, per capita between Nepal and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0135 t per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — production, per capita?
- Nepal ranks 10th and Sri Lanka ranks 9th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rice — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.