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 117th of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 114 Gabon 629 ha compare
- 115 Saudi Arabia 419 ha compare
- 116 Papua New Guinea 409 ha compare
- 118 Zimbabwe 224 ha compare
- 119 Algeria 165 ha compare
- 120 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99 ha compare
- 120 Micronesia 99 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture share gdp 6.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
- Rural population 73.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 920,507 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 330.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,363 t (2024)
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 117th out of 146 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.