Rice — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Rice — Area harvested was 11.25 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Thailand is 11.25 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 12.28 million ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.12 million ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 5th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.12 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 6.54 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 6.50 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 6.31 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 6.27 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 7.35 million ha | +17.3% |
| 1967 | 6.40 million ha | -13.0% |
| 1968 | 6.94 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 7.26 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 6.85 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 7.10 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 6.78 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 7.74 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1974 | 7.33 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 8.36 million ha | +14.0% |
| 1976 | 8.17 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 8.75 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 8.94 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 8.65 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 9.20 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 9.11 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 8.94 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 9.61 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 9.63 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 9.83 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 9.19 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 9.15 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 9.91 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 9.88 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 8.79 million ha | -11.0% |
| 1991 | 8.94 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 9.21 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 8.65 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 8.78 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 8.85 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 9.20 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 9.79 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 9.63 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 9.77 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 9.72 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 10.18 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 9.47 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 10.19 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 10.09 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 10.04 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 10.14 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 10.23 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 10.75 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 10.74 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 11.93 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 11.65 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 12.28 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 11.86 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 11.70 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 10.16 million ha | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 9.86 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 10.46 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 10.83 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 10.40 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 10.77 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 10.97 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 11.04 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 11.34 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 11.25 million ha | -0.8% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 11.25 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 275.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 11.25 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.68 million ha, 4.2× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.63 million ha | 6.12 million ha | 7.35 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.87 million ha | 6.78 million ha | 8.94 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.44 million ha | 8.94 million ha | 9.91 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.16 million ha | 8.65 million ha | 9.79 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.15 million ha | 9.47 million ha | 10.75 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.11 million ha | 9.86 million ha | 12.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.07 million ha | 10.77 million ha | 11.34 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 2 China 29.26 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 29.01 million ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 7.06 million ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 11.45 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.84 million ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 10.05 million ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1.30 million ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 912,998 ha compare
- 7 Myanmar 7.02 million ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 770,048 ha compare
- 8 Philippines 4.65 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Thailand?
- Rice — area harvested in Thailand was 11.25 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 12.28 million ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.12 million ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for rice — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 5th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.