Costa Rica vs Malawi: Rice — Area harvested, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0029 ha per person
in 2023
Malawi
0.0037 ha per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
55th
Malawi rank
52nd

Rice — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Malawi
00.010.020.030.04196119922023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.0037 ha per person against 0.0029 ha per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0008 ha per person.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 55th and Malawi ranks 52nd of 120 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0343 ha per person 0.0025 ha per person 0.0318 ha per person Costa Rica
1970s 0.031 ha per person 0.0075 ha per person 0.0235 ha per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.0243 ha per person 0.0033 ha per person 0.0211 ha per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.0147 ha per person 0.0034 ha per person 0.0114 ha per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.0132 ha per person 0.0042 ha per person 0.0091 ha per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0113 ha per person 0.0038 ha per person 0.0075 ha per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.0055 ha per person 0.0037 ha per person 0.0018 ha per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, per capita, Costa Rica or Malawi?
Malawi, at 0.0037 ha per person against 0.0029 ha per person in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested, per capita between Costa Rica and Malawi?
0.0008 ha per person, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malawi?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Malawi rank globally for rice — area harvested, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 55th and Malawi ranks 52nd of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
122 places, 6,272 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.