Rice — Production in Angola
Angola: Rice — Production was 48,340 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Production in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Angola recorded 48,340 t for rice — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.4% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Angola peaked at 48,340 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,000 t, in 1987.
That places Angola 76th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Production in Angola, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 23,000 t | -20.7% |
| 1963 | 25,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 26,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 32,000 t | +23.1% |
| 1966 | 30,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 33,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 15,148 t | -54.1% |
| 1969 | 15,945 t | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 29,950 t | +87.8% |
| 1971 | 27,791 t | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 20,347 t | -26.8% |
| 1973 | 29,051 t | +42.8% |
| 1974 | 16,779 t | -42.2% |
| 1975 | 20,000 t | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 13,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 11,000 t | -15.4% |
| 1981 | 10,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 t | -37.5% |
| 1986 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 t | -60.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 3,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 21,000 t | +425.0% |
| 1995 | 19,000 t | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 14,000 t | -26.3% |
| 1997 | 12,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 10,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 7,402 t | -26.0% |
| 2000 | 5,776 t | -22.0% |
| 2001 | 5,335 t | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 4,890 t | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 10,831 t | +121.5% |
| 2004 | 13,000 t | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 8,650 t | -33.5% |
| 2006 | 3,831 t | -55.7% |
| 2007 | 4,635 t | +21.0% |
| 2008 | 8,414 t | +81.5% |
| 2009 | 14,291 t | +69.8% |
| 2010 | 17,697 t | +23.8% |
| 2011 | 23,209 t | +31.1% |
| 2012 | 21,492 t | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 37,608 t | +75.0% |
| 2014 | 42,288 t | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 45,322 t | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 24,576 t | -45.8% |
| 2017 | 9,426 t | -61.6% |
| 2018 | 9,699 t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 10,102 t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 10,567 t | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 10,514 t | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 10,563 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 39,830 t | +277.1% |
| 2024 | 48,340 t | +21.4% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 48,340 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 313,868 t, 15% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Angola's 48,340 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 169,311 t, 29% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Production in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +425.0% | 4,000 t | 21,000 t |
| 2023 | +277.1% | 10,563 t | 39,830 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,455 t | 15,148 t | 33,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,192 t | 13,000 t | 29,950 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,400 t | 2,000 t | 11,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,840 t | 3,000 t | 21,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,965 t | 3,831 t | 14,291 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,142 t | 9,426 t | 45,322 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,963 t | 10,514 t | 48,340 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 73 Costa Rica 64,214 t compare
- 74 Central African Republic 52,868 t compare
- 75 Gambia 52,548 t compare
- 77 Kyrgyzstan 48,092 t compare
- 78 Bhutan 41,537 t compare
- 79 South Sudan 38,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — production in Angola?
- Rice — production in Angola was 48,340 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 48,340 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 t in 1987.
- How does Angola rank for rice — production?
- Angola ranks 76th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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.