Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
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.
Countries reporting
103
Highest
89.56 ha per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.1774 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,272
What the numbers show
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 89.56 ha per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1774 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.96 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 871.5%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 89.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 21.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 3 | Cambodia | 20.4 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 18.8 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 5 | Philippines | 16.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | India | 16.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 12.72 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 8 | Nepal | 10.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 9 | Myanmar | 9.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea | 9.57 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Burundi | 8.2 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 871.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Gambia | 6.42 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Indonesia | 5.4 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 14 | Nigeria | 4.95 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 4.72 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.27 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 4.05 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 3.89 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 19 | Madagascar | 3.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.2% | rising |
| 20 | China | 3.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 2.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 2.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 2.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Haiti | 1.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 25 | Malaysia | 1.87 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.63 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Ecuador | 1.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Panama | 1.37 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 29 | Rwanda | 1.32 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 1.17 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Uganda | 0.9974 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | 0.8399 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 0.839 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 0.7759 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Guyana | 0.7711 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 0.7433 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Italy | 0.7109 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 0.6884 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 0.6454 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 40 | Colombia | 0.6016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 0.4652 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 0.4295 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Cuba | 0.4279 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | rising |
| 44 | Cameroon | 0.3312 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Peru | 0.3259 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 46 | Suriname | 0.3103 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.305 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 0.2905 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.2471 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.8% | flat |
| 50 | Greece | 0.2141 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 0.1978 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 52 | Brazil | 0.1774 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 53 | Chad | 0.1394 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Belize | 0.1385 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 0.135 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0.1254 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 0.1121 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Spain | 0.1103 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | rising |
| 59 | Fiji | 0.1037 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 0.1032 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 61 | Honduras | 0.1011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | flat |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.0981 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 0.0959 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Mauritania | 0.0834 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 65 | El Salvador | 0.0769 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 0.067 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Zambia | 0.0665 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0639 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 0.0632 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0615 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 71 | Central African Republic | 0.0611 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 410.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 0.0532 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 0.0517 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 74 | South Sudan | 0.0479 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 0.0416 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 76 | Comoros | 0.0376 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 0.037 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 0.0363 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 79 | Angola | 0.0273 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Hungary | 0.0256 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Chile | 0.0242 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 82 | Niger | 0.0237 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 83 | France | 0.0225 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 0.0189 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Eswatini | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 0.0157 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 87 | Romania | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Iraq | 0.008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.4% | rising |
| 89 | Australia | 0.0068 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Congo | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Ukraine | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.9% | falling |
| 92 | Sudan | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 93 | Gabon | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 94 | Somalia | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 96 | South Africa | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Albania | 0 ha per square kilometre | 1995 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 100 | Jamaica | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritius | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 ha per square kilometre | 1991 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.3 ha per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.7444 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
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.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
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.