Philippines vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Production, per square kilometre
Philippines
67.28 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
72.96 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Philippines rank
5th
Sri Lanka rank
3rd
Rice — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Philippines
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 72.96 t per square kilometre against 67.28 t per square kilometre in Philippines, a difference of 5.68 t per square kilometre.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Philippines's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Philippines ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 120 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Philippines | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.29 t per square kilometre | 17.21 t per square kilometre | 2.92 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 20.49 t per square kilometre | 24.13 t per square kilometre | 3.64 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 28.25 t per square kilometre | 37.22 t per square kilometre | 8.97 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 34.24 t per square kilometre | 40.15 t per square kilometre | 5.91 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 48.92 t per square kilometre | 50.01 t per square kilometre | 1.09 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 60.65 t per square kilometre | 64.52 t per square kilometre | 3.87 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 66.3 t per square kilometre | 73.46 t per square kilometre | 7.16 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — production, per square kilometre, Philippines or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 72.96 t per square kilometre against 67.28 t per square kilometre in Philippines as of 2023.
- What is the difference in rice — production, per square kilometre between Philippines and Sri Lanka?
- 5.68 t per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Philippines and Sri Lanka rank globally for rice — production, per square kilometre?
- Philippines ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Production, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.