Rice — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Rice — Area harvested was 44.43 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 44.43 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 44.43 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.56 million ha, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21.56 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 22.54 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 23.10 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 24.06 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 23.90 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 23.40 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 24.58 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 24.80 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 24.98 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 25.49 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 24.28 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 23.73 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 23.99 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 24.08 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 25.25 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 24.79 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 25.38 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 25.77 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 25.30 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 26.24 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 26.48 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 26.69 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 25.86 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 25.81 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 26.42 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 26.89 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 26.10 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 26.82 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 27.54 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 27.72 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 26.88 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 27.50 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 27.87 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 28.25 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 28.95 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 28.93 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 28.96 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 28.60 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 30.75 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 30.53 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 30.49 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 31.13 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 32.06 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 31.68 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 33.56 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 34.26 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 33.71 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 36.31 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 36.52 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 37.81 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 37.73 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 37.37 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 38.17 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 38.60 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 38.52 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 39.16 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 38.95 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 40.71 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 40.02 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 40.74 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 41.91 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 41.53 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 43.19 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 44.43 million ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.66 million ha | 21.56 million ha | 24.98 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24.80 million ha | 23.73 million ha | 25.77 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.48 million ha | 25.81 million ha | 27.54 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.44 million ha | 26.88 million ha | 30.75 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.03 million ha | 30.49 million ha | 36.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.70 million ha | 37.37 million ha | 40.71 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.36 million ha | 40.74 million ha | 44.43 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 India 50.51 million ha compare
- 2 China 29.26 million ha compare
- 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 Indonesia 10.05 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
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 8.3 % change on previous year (2024)
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All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Rice — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 44.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.43 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.56 million ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for rice — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.