Rice — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Rice — Area harvested was 17 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Comoros stood at 17 ha.
That represents a change of down 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 13,224 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 2010.
Comoros ranks 110th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,100 ha | +13.8% |
| 1964 | 9,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 10,900 ha | +18.5% |
| 1966 | 12,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 10,900 ha | -9.2% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | -17.4% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 9,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 9,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 9,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 10,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 10,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 12,800 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 12,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 13,224 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 5,000 ha | -62.2% |
| 1992 | 4,766 ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 4,620 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 4,476 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 4,334 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 4,195 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 4,057 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 3,920 ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 3,783 ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 3,642 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 3,491 ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 3,332 ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 3,145 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 3,800 ha | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 2,517 ha | -33.8% |
| 2006 | 2,089 ha | -17.0% |
| 2007 | 1,674 ha | -19.9% |
| 2008 | 1,311 ha | -21.7% |
| 2009 | 938 ha | -28.5% |
| 2010 | 7 ha | -99.3% |
| 2011 | 13 ha | +85.7% |
| 2012 | 7 ha | -46.2% |
| 2013 | 10 ha | +42.9% |
| 2014 | 33 ha | +230.0% |
| 2015 | 30 ha | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 27 ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 23 ha | -14.8% |
| 2018 | 24 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 17 ha | -29.2% |
| 2020 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13 ha | -23.5% |
| 2022 | 17 ha | +30.8% |
| 2023 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 17 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 0% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 17 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 0% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +230.0% | 10 ha | 33 ha |
| 2010 | -99.3% | 938 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | +85.7% | 7 ha | 13 ha |
| 1991 | -62.2% | 13,224 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 2012 | -46.2% | 13 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | +42.9% | 7 ha | 10 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,567 ha | 8,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,810 ha | 9,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,520 ha | 12,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,238 ha | 3,783 ha | 13,224 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,594 ha | 938 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.1 ha | 7 ha | 33 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.2 ha | 13 ha | 17 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 107 Zimbabwe 224 ha compare
- 108 Algeria 165 ha compare
- 109 Réunion 51 ha compare
- 111 Albania 0 ha compare
- 111 Belgium 0 ha
- 111 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 ha compare
- 111 Croatia 0 ha
- 111 Cyprus 0 ha
- 111 Czechia 0 ha
- 111 Denmark 0 ha
- 111 Estonia 0 ha
- 111 Finland 0 ha
- 111 Germany 0 ha
- 111 Ireland 0 ha
- 111 Jamaica 0 ha compare
- 111 Latvia 0 ha
- 111 Lithuania 0 ha
- 111 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 111 Malta 0 ha
- 111 Mauritius 0 ha compare
- 111 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 111 Poland 0 ha
- 111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ha compare
- 111 Slovakia 0 ha
- 111 Slovenia 0 ha
- 111 Sweden 0 ha
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Comoros?
- Rice — area harvested in Comoros was 17 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 13,224 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 2010.
- How does Comoros rank for rice — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 110th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros 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.