Rice — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Rice — Area harvested was 290,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Liberia stood at 290,000 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 290,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45,000 ha, in 1994.
That places Liberia 29th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 210,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 239,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 1964 | 255,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 257,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 133,000 ha | -48.2% |
| 1967 | 134,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 140,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 147,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 154,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 162,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 170,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 182,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 201,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 1975 | 191,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 200,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 206,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 194,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 201,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 197,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 210,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 210,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 235,710 ha | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 231,600 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 230,731 ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 233,104 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 235,830 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 233,200 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 252,200 ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 175,000 ha | -30.6% |
| 1991 | 110,000 ha | -37.1% |
| 1992 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 60,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1994 | 45,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 75,600 ha | +51.2% |
| 1997 | 135,200 ha | +78.8% |
| 1998 | 161,900 ha | +19.7% |
| 1999 | 153,700 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 143,500 ha | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 130,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 120,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 130,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 160,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2008 | 190,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 2009 | 247,580 ha | +30.3% |
| 2010 | 251,230 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 238,800 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 246,600 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 223,500 ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 227,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 240,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 232,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 233,590 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 238,090 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 245,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 243,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 243,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 240,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 285,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 2024 | 290,000 ha | +1.8% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 290,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 114,310 ha, 2.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 290,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 3.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +78.8% | 75,600 ha | 135,200 ha |
| 1993 | -50.0% | 120,000 ha | 60,000 ha |
| 1966 | -48.2% | 257,000 ha | 133,000 ha |
| 1996 | +51.2% | 50,000 ha | 75,600 ha |
| 1991 | -37.1% | 175,000 ha | 110,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 190,556 ha | 133,000 ha | 257,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 186,100 ha | 154,000 ha | 206,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 226,938 ha | 197,000 ha | 252,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 108,640 ha | 45,000 ha | 175,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 148,108 ha | 120,000 ha | 247,580 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 237,581 ha | 223,500 ha | 251,230 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 260,200 ha | 240,000 ha | 290,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Liberia?
- Rice — area harvested in Liberia was 290,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 290,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,000 ha in 1994.
- How does Liberia rank for rice — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 29th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.