Rice — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Rice — Area harvested was 69.32 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 69.32 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 69.32 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46.48 million ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.96 million ha | 46.48 million ha | 51.92 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52.82 million ha | 50.19 million ha | 55.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55.80 million ha | 53.51 million ha | 57.59 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.42 million ha | 57.01 million ha | 61.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.76 million ha | 57.58 million ha | 62.73 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.09 million ha | 59.52 million ha | 62.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.73 million ha | 63.59 million ha | 69.32 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 1 India 50.51 million ha compare
- 2 China (People’s Republic of) 29.26 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 29.01 million ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 11.45 million ha compare
- 5 Thailand 11.25 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Bananas — Production 39.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.07 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 25,254 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.92 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.04 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 522,889 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 343.74 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 15,262 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 151.12 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Rice — area harvested in Southern Asia was 69.32 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 69.32 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.48 million ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for rice — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.