Rice — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Rice — Area harvested was 1,477 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 1,477 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 4,029 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1987.
Solomon Islands ranks 109th of 146 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 310.56 ha | 115 ha | 1,024 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,253 ha | 394 ha | 2,997 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,063 ha | 0 ha | 4,029 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 545.6 ha | 330 ha | 720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 842.4 ha | 448 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,378 ha | 1,235 ha | 1,466 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,484 ha | 1,468 ha | 1,516 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 106 Congo 1,793 ha compare
- 107 El Salvador 1,567 ha compare
- 108 Brunei Darussalam 1,494 ha compare
- 110 Somalia 1,000 ha compare
- 111 Puerto Rico 929 ha compare
- 112 Morocco 924 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture share gdp 29.73 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.73 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
- Rural population 68.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 576,071 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 470.85 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 320.13 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Rice — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 1,477 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 4,029 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1987.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for rice — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 109th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.