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 91st out of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,747 ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 12,140 ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 10,117 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 8,083 ha | -20.1% |
| 1966 | 8,369 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 8,767 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 8,960 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 9,713 ha | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 10,781 ha | +11.0% |
| 1971 | 8,930 ha | -17.2% |
| 1972 | 8,903 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 8,907 ha | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 10,190 ha | +14.4% |
| 1976 | 9,011 ha | -11.6% |
| 1977 | 9,312 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 8,824 ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 9,371 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 9,008 ha | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 8,185 ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 9,554 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 8,924 ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 10,442 ha | +17.0% |
| 1985 | 11,653 ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 11,416 ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 12,227 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 13,401 ha | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 13,147 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 12,112 ha | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 12,337 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 10,441 ha | -15.4% |
| 1993 | 9,459 ha | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 7,865 ha | -16.9% |
| 1995 | 6,964 ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 8,411 ha | +20.8% |
| 1997 | 8,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,261 ha | -21.7% |
| 2000 | 5,273 ha | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 6,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 5,300 ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 6,500 ha | +22.6% |
| 2004 | 6,100 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 6,400 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 5,562 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 5,077 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 4,054 ha | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 2,540 ha | -37.3% |
| 2011 | 2,775 ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 1,906 ha | -31.3% |
| 2013 | 2,150 ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 1,249 ha | -41.9% |
| 2015 | 2,110 ha | +68.9% |
| 2016 | 2,883 ha | +36.6% |
| 2017 | 3,027 ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 2,350 ha | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 1,916 ha | -18.5% |
| 2020 | 2,345 ha | +22.4% |
| 2021 | 2,557 ha | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 3,263 ha | +27.6% |
| 2023 | 1,894 ha | -42.0% |
| 2024 | 2,866 ha | +51.3% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 2,866 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 7% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 2,866 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.68 million ha, 0% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
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, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (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 91st out of 133 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.