Rice — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Rice — Area harvested was 31.90 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Eastern Asia stood at 31.90 million ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 41.59 million ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 30.05 million ha, in 2003.
That places Eastern Asia 7th out of 33 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.78 million ha | 31.90 million ha | 36.28 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40.11 million ha | 37.77 million ha | 41.59 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.47 million ha | 36.47 million ha | 38.74 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.57 million ha | 34.43 million ha | 37.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.31 million ha | 30.05 million ha | 33.68 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.63 million ha | 32.70 million ha | 33.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.41 million ha | 31.84 million ha | 33.07 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 62.75 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 1,498 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,667 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Rice — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 31.90 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 41.59 million ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.05 million ha in 2003.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for rice — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 7th out of 33 regions with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.