Rice — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Rice — Area harvested was 1,058 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in South Africa is 1,058 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 1,600 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,058 ha, in 2024.
South Africa ranks 98th of 133 countries on this measure, 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,191 ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 1,442 ha | +21.1% |
| 1992 | 1,427 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,413 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,399 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,385 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1,371 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 1,359 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 1,332 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,263 ha | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 1,305 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 1,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 1,273 ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 1,340 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 1,292 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 1,274 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,258 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 1,316 ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 1,184 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 1,197 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,184 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,173 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,100 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 1,146 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,130 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,123 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,113 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,103 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1,094 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,084 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,079 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,074 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,066 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,058 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,356 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,358 ha | 1,191 ha | 1,442 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,284 ha | 1,184 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,132 ha | 1,094 ha | 1,184 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,072 ha | 1,058 ha | 1,084 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 95 El Salvador 1,567 ha compare
- 96 Brunei Darussalam 1,494 ha compare
- 97 Solomon Islands 1,477 ha compare
- 99 Somalia 1,000 ha compare
- 100 Puerto Rico 929 ha compare
- 101 Morocco 924 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in South Africa?
- Rice — area harvested in South Africa was 1,058 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,058 ha in 2024.
- How does South Africa rank for rice — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 98th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa 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.