Rice — Area harvested in Haiti
Haiti: Rice — Area harvested was 51,572 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Haiti stood at 51,572 ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Haiti peaked at 148,590 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 32,000 ha, in 1961.
Haiti ranks 58th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 42,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 39,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 45,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1975 | 43,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 40,036 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 51,614 ha | +28.9% |
| 1979 | 54,003 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 50,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1981 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 50,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 54,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 56,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 61,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 60,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 58,130 ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 55,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 53,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 50,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 48,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 70,000 ha | +45.2% |
| 1998 | 51,171 ha | -26.9% |
| 1999 | 60,000 ha | +17.3% |
| 2000 | 52,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 51,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 53,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 54,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 51,200 ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 51,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 53,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 57,800 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 53,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 57,500 ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 60,702 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 60,192 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 60,025 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 58,808 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 52,563 ha | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 47,121 ha | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 60,353 ha | +28.1% |
| 2017 | 61,279 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 148,590 ha | +142.5% |
| 2019 | 59,162 ha | -60.2% |
| 2020 | 59,532 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 59,373 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 54,924 ha | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 51,885 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 51,572 ha | -0.6% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 51,572 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 77% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 51,572 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +142.5% | 61,279 ha | 148,590 ha |
| 2019 | -60.2% | 148,590 ha | 59,162 ha |
| 1997 | +45.2% | 48,200 ha | 70,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,333 ha | 32,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,065 ha | 38,000 ha | 54,003 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,500 ha | 50,000 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,700 ha | 48,200 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,530 ha | 51,200 ha | 57,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,880 ha | 47,121 ha | 148,590 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,457 ha | 51,572 ha | 59,532 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Haiti?
- Rice — area harvested in Haiti was 51,572 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 148,590 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Haiti rank for rice — area harvested?
- Haiti ranks 58th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti 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.