Rice — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Rice — Area harvested was 6,264 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 6,264 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.0% on the previous year and down 59.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 15,618 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4,933 ha, in 2023.
That places Sudan 86th 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 13 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,560 ha | — |
| 2013 | 7,562 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,618 ha | +106.5% |
| 2015 | 7,560 ha | -51.6% |
| 2016 | 7,140 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 11,760 ha | +64.7% |
| 2018 | 11,370 ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 11,540 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 11,713 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 7,918 ha | -32.4% |
| 2022 | 6,330 ha | -20.1% |
| 2023 | 4,933 ha | -22.1% |
| 2024 | 6,264 ha | +27.0% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 6,264 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 114,310 ha, 5% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 6,264 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 7% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10,014 ha | 7,140 ha | 15,618 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 7,432 ha | 4,933 ha | 11,713 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 83 Yugoslav SFR 8,692 ha
- 84 Sudan (former) 7,600 ha
- 85 Honduras 6,664 ha compare
- 87 Belize 3,460 ha compare
- 88 North Macedonia 3,120 ha compare
- 89 Ukraine 3,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Sudan?
- Rice — area harvested in Sudan was 6,264 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 15,618 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,933 ha in 2023.
- How does Sudan rank for rice — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 86th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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.