Rice — Area harvested in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Rice — Area harvested was 18,834 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Turkmenistan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Turkmenistan recorded 18,834 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Turkmenistan peaked at 70,000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15,100 ha, in 2011.
Turkmenistan ranks 72nd of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 28,000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 38,600 ha | +37.9% |
| 1994 | 37,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 29,000 ha | -21.6% |
| 1996 | 32,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 20,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1999 | 30,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 70,000 ha | +133.3% |
| 2001 | 35,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 2002 | 42,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 50,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 2005 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 22,100 ha | -60.5% |
| 2008 | 27,900 ha | +26.2% |
| 2009 | 18,600 ha | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 18,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 15,100 ha | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 17,900 ha | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 18,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 18,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 18,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19,397 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 19,331 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 19,403 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 21,110 ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 20,382 ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 19,472 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 19,379 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 19,571 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 18,834 ha | -3.8% |
Turkmenistan compared with similar countries
- Turkmenistan's 18,834 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 46% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Turkmenistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +133.3% | 30,000 ha | 70,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,825 ha | 20,000 ha | 38,600 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 41,860 ha | 18,600 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,484 ha | 15,100 ha | 21,110 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,528 ha | 18,834 ha | 20,382 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkmenistan
More agriculture & rural data for Turkmenistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1236 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 808.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5289 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.4% (2025)
- Rural population 52.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Turkmenistan?
- Rice — area harvested in Turkmenistan was 18,834 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 70,000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,100 ha in 2011.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for rice — area harvested?
- Turkmenistan ranks 72nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.