Papua New Guinea vs Somalia: Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre

Papua New Guinea
0.0009 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Somalia
0.0016 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
95th
Somalia rank
94th

Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Somalia
00.0050.010.015196119922023

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.0016 ha per square kilometre against 0.0009 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0007 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.8 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 95th and Somalia ranks 94th of 120 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Somalia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0011 ha per square kilometre 0 ha per square kilometre 0.0011 ha per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.0011 ha per square kilometre 0.004 ha per square kilometre 0.0029 ha per square kilometre Somalia
1980s 0.0006 ha per square kilometre 0.0065 ha per square kilometre 0.0059 ha per square kilometre Somalia
1990s 0.0008 ha per square kilometre 0.0034 ha per square kilometre 0.0026 ha per square kilometre Somalia
2000s 0.0009 ha per square kilometre 0.0031 ha per square kilometre 0.0022 ha per square kilometre Somalia
2010s 0.0009 ha per square kilometre 0.0017 ha per square kilometre 0.0008 ha per square kilometre Somalia
2020s 0.0009 ha per square kilometre 0.0016 ha per square kilometre 0.0007 ha per square kilometre Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice — area harvested, per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.0016 ha per square kilometre against 0.0009 ha per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in rice — area harvested, per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
0.0007 ha per square kilometre, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Somalia rank globally for rice — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Papua New Guinea ranks 95th and Somalia ranks 94th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.