Rice — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Rice — Area harvested was 368 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 368 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 2,829 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 15 ha, in 1998.
Eswatini ranks 106th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,938 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,404 ha | +24.0% |
| 1963 | 2,412 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 2,367 ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 2,218 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 2,299 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 2,347 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 2,829 ha | +20.5% |
| 1970 | 2,406 ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 2,371 ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,699 ha | -28.3% |
| 1973 | 1,328 ha | -21.8% |
| 1974 | 1,106 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 1,613 ha | +45.8% |
| 1976 | 1,864 ha | +15.6% |
| 1977 | 1,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,200 ha | -36.8% |
| 1982 | 503 ha | -58.1% |
| 1983 | 459 ha | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 295 ha | -35.7% |
| 1985 | 400 ha | +35.6% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 362 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 400 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 298 ha | -25.5% |
| 1993 | 200 ha | -32.9% |
| 1994 | 167 ha | -16.5% |
| 1995 | 188 ha | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 57 ha | -69.7% |
| 1997 | 80 ha | +40.4% |
| 1998 | 15 ha | -81.2% |
| 1999 | 30 ha | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 2001 | 64 ha | +28.0% |
| 2002 | 72 ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 84 ha | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 100 ha | +19.0% |
| 2005 | 118 ha | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 134 ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 150 ha | +11.9% |
| 2008 | 177 ha | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 179 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 194 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 211 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 227 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 243 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 259 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 268 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 275 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 305 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 300 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 348 ha | +74.0% |
| 2021 | 354 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 353 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 361 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 368 ha | +1.9% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 368 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 368 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 Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +100.0% | 15 ha | 30 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,335 ha | 1,938 ha | 2,829 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,809 ha | 1,106 ha | 2,406 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 635.7 ha | 295 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 179.7 ha | 15 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 112.8 ha | 50 ha | 179 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 248.2 ha | 194 ha | 305 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 356.8 ha | 348 ha | 368 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Rice — area harvested in Eswatini was 368 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,829 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 ha in 1998.
- How does Eswatini rank for rice — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 106th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.