Rice — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Rice — Area harvested was 165 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 165 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 2,090 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 156 ha, in 2015.
That places Algeria 119th out of 146 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,818 ha | 1,310 ha | 2,090 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 766 ha | 260 ha | 1,370 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 461 ha | 420 ha | 530 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 486.4 ha | 200 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 292.8 ha | 219 ha | 338 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 178.6 ha | 156 ha | 203 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 168 ha | 165 ha | 173 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 116 Papua New Guinea 409 ha compare
- 117 Eswatini 368 ha compare
- 118 Zimbabwe 224 ha compare
- 120 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99 ha compare
- 120 Micronesia 99 ha compare
- 122 Syrian Arab Republic 20 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture share gdp 14.51 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.51 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
- Rural population 24.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 234.77 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Algeria?
- Rice — area harvested in Algeria was 165 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,090 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 156 ha in 2015.
- How does Algeria rank for rice — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 119th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.