Rice — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Rice — Area harvested was 2,530 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Romania is 2,530 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and down 80.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Romania peaked at 49,300 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 105 ha, in 2003.
Romania ranks 92nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 ha | -38.7% |
| 1963 | 13,700 ha | +110.8% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +46.0% |
| 1965 | 18,684 ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 20,500 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 22,228 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 25,192 ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 28,969 ha | +15.0% |
| 1970 | 27,916 ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 27,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 26,900 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 23,100 ha | -14.1% |
| 1974 | 23,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 21,890 ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 20,900 ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 19,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 21,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 22,600 ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 19,800 ha | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 27,500 ha | +31.0% |
| 1984 | 33,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 37,600 ha | +13.9% |
| 1986 | 43,200 ha | +14.9% |
| 1987 | 44,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 49,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 49,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 39,900 ha | -19.1% |
| 1991 | 21,599 ha | -45.9% |
| 1992 | 16,393 ha | -24.1% |
| 1993 | 12,009 ha | -26.7% |
| 1994 | 4,638 ha | -61.4% |
| 1995 | 6,166 ha | +32.9% |
| 1996 | 8,532 ha | +38.4% |
| 1997 | 3,986 ha | -53.3% |
| 1998 | 1,726 ha | -56.7% |
| 1999 | 1,561 ha | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 1,343 ha | -14.0% |
| 2001 | 1,155 ha | -14.0% |
| 2002 | 465 ha | -59.7% |
| 2003 | 105 ha | -77.4% |
| 2004 | 1,239 ha | +1080.0% |
| 2005 | 3,394 ha | +173.9% |
| 2006 | 5,583 ha | +64.5% |
| 2007 | 8,088 ha | +44.9% |
| 2008 | 9,917 ha | +22.6% |
| 2009 | 13,346 ha | +34.6% |
| 2010 | 12,403 ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 12,671 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 11,304 ha | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 11,579 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 12,719 ha | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 11,067 ha | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 9,435 ha | -14.7% |
| 2017 | 9,125 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 8,250 ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 7,430 ha | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 6,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 2021 | 5,440 ha | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 3,280 ha | -39.7% |
| 2023 | 2,430 ha | -25.9% |
| 2024 | 2,530 ha | +4.1% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 2,530 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 6.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +1080.0% | 105 ha | 1,239 ha |
| 2005 | +173.9% | 1,239 ha | 3,394 ha |
| 1963 | +110.8% | 6,500 ha | 13,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,486 ha | 6,500 ha | 28,969 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,561 ha | 19,800 ha | 27,916 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,510 ha | 19,800 ha | 49,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,651 ha | 1,561 ha | 39,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,464 ha | 105 ha | 13,346 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,598 ha | 7,430 ha | 12,719 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,936 ha | 2,430 ha | 6,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Romania?
- Rice — area harvested in Romania was 2,530 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 49,300 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 105 ha in 2003.
- How does Romania rank for rice — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 92nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.