Rice — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Rice — Production was 654,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 654,000 t for rice — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Afghanistan peaked at 801,500 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 242,000 t, in 2001.
Afghanistan ranks 46th of 146 countries on this measure, 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 | 362,111 t | 319,000 t | 407,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 410,600 t | 350,000 t | 448,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 349,300 t | 317,000 t | 415,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 347,000 t | 280,000 t | 450,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 462,100 t | 242,000 t | 645,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 635,820 t | 505,100 t | 801,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 624,140 t | 592,000 t | 655,400 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 43 Paraguay 1.05 million t compare
- 44 Türkiye 1.02 million t compare
- 45 Dominican Republic 958,000 t compare
- 47 Australia 619,180 t compare
- 47 Australia and New Zealand 619,180 t compare
- 49 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 611,475 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — production in Afghanistan?
- Rice — production in Afghanistan was 654,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 801,500 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 242,000 t in 2001.
- How does Afghanistan rank for rice — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 46th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Production. 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.