Rice — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Rice — Area harvested was 27,720 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 27,720 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 43,487 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 13,200 ha, in 1993.
That places Portugal 70th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,918 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,645 ha | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 36,529 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 37,799 ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 35,297 ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 34,729 ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 32,268 ha | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 32,929 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 37,559 ha | +14.1% |
| 1970 | 41,721 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 42,204 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 43,487 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 39,182 ha | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 33,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1975 | 30,225 ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 22,284 ha | -26.3% |
| 1977 | 34,303 ha | +53.9% |
| 1978 | 32,933 ha | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 34,689 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 34,691 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 25,210 ha | -27.3% |
| 1982 | 33,683 ha | +33.6% |
| 1983 | 26,483 ha | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 29,903 ha | +12.9% |
| 1985 | 30,302 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 32,852 ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 32,790 ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 33,601 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 33,630 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 33,824 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 33,466 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 21,118 ha | -36.9% |
| 1993 | 13,200 ha | -37.5% |
| 1994 | 24,051 ha | +82.2% |
| 1995 | 21,726 ha | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 28,278 ha | +30.2% |
| 1997 | 28,540 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 27,020 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 25,307 ha | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 23,859 ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 24,936 ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 25,216 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 25,657 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 26,620 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 22,881 ha | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 25,392 ha | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 26,903 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 26,334 ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 28,470 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 29,120 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 31,436 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 31,174 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 30,177 ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 28,754 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 29,142 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 29,149 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 28,944 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 29,350 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 28,830 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 25,940 ha | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 29,360 ha | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 27,260 ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 27,940 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 27,720 ha | -0.8% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 27,720 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 66.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +82.2% | 13,200 ha | 24,051 ha |
| 1977 | +53.9% | 22,284 ha | 34,303 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,741 ha | 32,268 ha | 37,918 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,403 ha | 22,284 ha | 43,487 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,314 ha | 25,210 ha | 34,691 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,653 ha | 13,200 ha | 33,824 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,627 ha | 22,881 ha | 28,470 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,608 ha | 28,754 ha | 31,436 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,644 ha | 25,940 ha | 29,360 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Portugal?
- Rice — area harvested in Portugal was 27,720 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 43,487 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,200 ha in 1993.
- How does Portugal rank for rice — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 70th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.