Rice — Area harvested in French Guiana
French Guiana: Rice — Area harvested was 8,838 ha in 2006. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in French Guiana, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2006, rice — area harvested in French Guiana stood at 8,838 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in French Guiana peaked at 9,281 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1968.
French Guiana ranks 82nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 205 ha | — |
| 1962 | 310 ha | +51.2% |
| 1963 | 40 ha | -87.1% |
| 1964 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 85 ha | +88.9% |
| 1967 | 40 ha | -52.9% |
| 1968 | 10 ha | -75.0% |
| 1969 | 30 ha | +200.0% |
| 1970 | 10 ha | -66.7% |
| 1971 | 30 ha | +200.0% |
| 1972 | 25 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +300.0% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 220 ha | +46.7% |
| 1979 | 650 ha | +195.5% |
| 1980 | 450 ha | -30.8% |
| 1981 | 510 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 445 ha | -12.7% |
| 1983 | 965 ha | +116.9% |
| 1984 | 1,565 ha | +62.2% |
| 1985 | 2,054 ha | +31.2% |
| 1986 | 2,604 ha | +26.8% |
| 1987 | 3,186 ha | +22.4% |
| 1988 | 3,626 ha | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 4,022 ha | +10.9% |
| 1990 | 5,104 ha | +26.9% |
| 1991 | 6,671 ha | +30.7% |
| 1992 | 7,379 ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 7,379 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 7,726 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 8,001 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 8,903 ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 9,281 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 8,971 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 7,622 ha | -15.0% |
| 2000 | 8,778 ha | +15.2% |
| 2001 | 8,296 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 8,264 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 6,009 ha | -27.3% |
| 2004 | 8,862 ha | +47.5% |
| 2005 | 8,930 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,838 ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in French Guiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +300.0% | 25 ha | 100 ha |
| 1969 | +200.0% | 10 ha | 30 ha |
| 1971 | +200.0% | 10 ha | 30 ha |
| 1979 | +195.5% | 220 ha | 650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90 ha | 10 ha | 310 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 148.5 ha | 10 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,943 ha | 445 ha | 4,022 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,704 ha | 5,104 ha | 9,281 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,282 ha | 6,009 ha | 8,930 ha | 7 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
- 79 Kyrgyzstan 11,907 ha compare
- 80 Guatemala 10,538 ha compare
- 81 Bhutan 9,112 ha compare
- 83 Yugoslav SFR 8,692 ha compare
- 84 Sudan (former) 7,600 ha compare
- 85 Honduras 6,664 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for French Guiana
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 8.84 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual -0.0979 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -8.46 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -8.38 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -75 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 50 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 8.46 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -75 % change on previous year (2006)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in French Guiana?
- Rice — area harvested in French Guiana was 8,838 ha in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 9,281 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1968.
- How does French Guiana rank for rice — area harvested?
- French Guiana ranks 82nd out of 133 countries with data for 2006.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this French Guiana 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.