Rice — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Rice — Area harvested was 2,866 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Fiji stood at 2,866 ha.
That represents a change of up 51.3% on the previous year and up 129.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 13,401 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1,249 ha, in 2014.
That places Fiji 103rd out of 146 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,205 ha | 8,083 ha | 12,950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,223 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,781 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,796 ha | 8,185 ha | 13,401 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,985 ha | 6,261 ha | 12,337 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,577 ha | 4,054 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,291 ha | 1,249 ha | 3,027 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,585 ha | 1,894 ha | 3,263 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture share gdp 14.05 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.05 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 40.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 377,513 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 870.56 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 13,388 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Fiji?
- Rice — area harvested in Fiji was 2,866 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 13,401 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,249 ha in 2014.
- How does Fiji rank for rice — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 103rd out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 129.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Fiji 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.