Rice — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Rice — Area harvested was 9,112 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Bhutan is 9,112 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 37,000 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 9,112 ha, in 2024.
Bhutan ranks 81st of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 20,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 21,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 22,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 23,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 23,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 24,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 24,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 25,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 25,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 26,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 26,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 27,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 27,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 28,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 28,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 30,612 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 32,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 26,030 ha | -29.6% |
| 1989 | 26,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 26,295 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 31,274 ha | +18.9% |
| 1992 | 29,896 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 28,943 ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 28,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 29,969 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 28,556 ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 26,748 ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 25,207 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 26,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 23,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 18,708 ha | -18.7% |
| 2003 | 19,633 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 18,852 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 25,276 ha | +34.1% |
| 2006 | 26,406 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 27,524 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 19,356 ha | -29.7% |
| 2009 | 23,718 ha | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 22,815 ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 24,313 ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 21,146 ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 21,287 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 20,359 ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 19,970 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 21,480 ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 21,202 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 15,082 ha | -28.9% |
| 2019 | 12,273 ha | -18.6% |
| 2020 | 12,684 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 9,739 ha | -23.2% |
| 2022 | 9,183 ha | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 9,425 ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 9,112 ha | -3.3% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 9,112 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 14% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 9,112 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.42 million ha, 1% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +34.1% | 18,852 ha | 25,276 ha |
| 1988 | -29.6% | 37,000 ha | 26,030 ha |
| 2008 | -29.7% | 27,524 ha | 19,356 ha |
| 2018 | -28.9% | 21,202 ha | 15,082 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,500 ha | 18,500 ha | 22,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,250 ha | 23,000 ha | 27,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,194 ha | 26,000 ha | 37,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,489 ha | 25,207 ha | 31,274 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,847 ha | 18,708 ha | 27,524 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,993 ha | 12,273 ha | 24,313 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,029 ha | 9,112 ha | 12,684 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Rice — area harvested in Bhutan was 9,112 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 37,000 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,112 ha in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for rice — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 81st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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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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.