Rice — Area harvested in Indonesia
Indonesia: Rice — Area harvested was 10.05 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Indonesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Indonesia stood at 10.05 million ha.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Indonesia peaked at 11.96 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 6.73 million ha, in 1963.
That places Indonesia 6th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.86 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.28 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 6.73 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 6.98 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 7.33 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 7.69 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 7.52 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 8.02 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 8.01 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 8.14 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 8.32 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 7.90 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 8.40 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 8.51 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 8.50 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 8.37 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 8.36 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 8.93 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 8.80 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 9.01 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 9.38 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 8.99 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 9.16 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 9.76 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 9.90 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 9.99 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 9.92 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 10.14 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 10.53 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 10.50 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 10.28 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 11.10 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 11.01 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 10.73 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 11.44 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 11.57 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 11.14 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 11.73 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 11.96 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 11.79 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 11.50 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 11.52 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 11.48 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 11.92 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 11.84 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 11.79 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 11.75 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 11.73 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 11.78 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 11.80 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 11.65 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 11.59 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 11.63 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 11.47 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 11.39 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 10.60 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 10.90 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 11.38 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 10.68 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 10.66 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 10.41 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 10.45 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 10.21 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 10.05 million ha | -1.6% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 10.05 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 245.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 10.05 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.68 million ha, 3.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.38 million ha | 6.73 million ha | 8.02 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.42 million ha | 7.90 million ha | 8.93 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.68 million ha | 8.99 million ha | 10.53 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.15 million ha | 10.28 million ha | 11.96 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.71 million ha | 11.48 million ha | 11.92 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.31 million ha | 10.60 million ha | 11.80 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.36 million ha | 10.05 million ha | 10.66 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 3 China, mainland 29.01 million ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 7.06 million ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 11.45 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.84 million ha compare
- 5 Thailand 11.25 million ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1.30 million ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 912,998 ha compare
- 7 Myanmar 7.02 million ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 770,048 ha compare
- 8 Philippines 4.65 million ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 4.57 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Indonesia?
- Rice — area harvested in Indonesia was 10.05 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.96 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.73 million ha in 1963.
- How does Indonesia rank for rice — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 6th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.