Rice — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Rice — Area harvested was 17,169 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Angola stood at 17,169 ha.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Angola peaked at 30,079 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1987.
Angola ranks 74th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | -24.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 23,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1966 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 22,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 22,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | -31.8% |
| 1970 | 25,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1971 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | -31.8% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1982 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1984 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 3,154 ha | -21.1% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | +26.8% |
| 1992 | 4,375 ha | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 24,000 ha | +380.0% |
| 1995 | 13,000 ha | -45.8% |
| 1996 | 8,000 ha | -38.5% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 4,293 ha | -17.4% |
| 2001 | 3,894 ha | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 3,705 ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 7,867 ha | +112.3% |
| 2004 | 11,222 ha | +42.6% |
| 2005 | 12,397 ha | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 7,744 ha | -37.5% |
| 2007 | 9,012 ha | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 16,551 ha | +83.7% |
| 2009 | 23,707 ha | +43.2% |
| 2010 | 23,905 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 26,038 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 27,902 ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 29,510 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 30,068 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 30,079 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16,068 ha | -46.6% |
| 2017 | 10,912 ha | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 8,417 ha | -22.9% |
| 2019 | 8,467 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 8,539 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 8,572 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 8,572 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16,086 ha | +87.7% |
| 2024 | 17,169 ha | +6.7% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 17,169 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 26% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Angola's 17,169 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 19% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +380.0% | 5,000 ha | 24,000 ha |
| 2003 | +112.3% | 3,705 ha | 7,867 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,911 ha | 15,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,400 ha | 3,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,773 ha | 3,154 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,039 ha | 3,705 ha | 23,707 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,137 ha | 8,417 ha | 30,079 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,788 ha | 8,539 ha | 17,169 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Angola?
- Rice — area harvested in Angola was 17,169 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 30,079 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1987.
- How does Angola rank for rice — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 74th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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.