Philippines vs Sri Lanka: Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square
Philippines
8.88 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
10.34 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Philippines rank
5th
Sri Lanka rank
4th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square over time
- Philippines
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 10.34 t per square kilometre against 8.88 t per square kilometre in Philippines, a difference of 1.46 t per square kilometre.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Philippines's.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Philippines ahead.
Philippines ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Philippines averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Philippines | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.87 t per square kilometre | 4.59 t per square kilometre | 1.28 t per square kilometre | Philippines |
| 1970s | 6.45 t per square kilometre | 6.28 t per square kilometre | 0.1713 t per square kilometre | Philippines |
| 1980s | 6.17 t per square kilometre | 6.98 t per square kilometre | 0.8106 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 6.57 t per square kilometre | 7 t per square kilometre | 0.4315 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 7.71 t per square kilometre | 7.62 t per square kilometre | 0.0886 t per square kilometre | Philippines |
| 2010s | 8.59 t per square kilometre | 9.21 t per square kilometre | 0.6225 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 8.83 t per square kilometre | 9.94 t per square kilometre | 1.11 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per square, Philippines or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 10.34 t per square kilometre against 8.88 t per square kilometre in Philippines as of 2023.
- What is the difference in rice — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per square between Philippines and Sri Lanka?
- 1.46 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 — burning crop residues (biomass burned, dry matter), per square?
- Philippines ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), 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 — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 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.