Rice — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Rice — Area harvested was 184,573 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 184,573 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 55.1% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 258,301 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 85,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 27th out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128,672 ha | 85,200 ha | 164,697 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 125,031 ha | 85,877 ha | 175,125 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 117,264 ha | 101,469 ha | 138,770 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 172,148 ha | 125,569 ha | 226,887 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 172,486 ha | 97,827 ha | 225,993 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 176,815 ha | 129,721 ha | 258,301 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,151 ha | 118,982 ha | 230,330 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 35.84 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 13,182 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Rice — area harvested in Western Asia was 184,573 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 258,301 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for rice — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 27th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.