Rice — Production in Guyana
Guyana: Rice — Production was 1.12 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Production in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 1.12 million t for rice — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.9% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Guyana peaked at 1.12 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 155,740 t, in 1990.
Guyana ranks 34th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Production in Guyana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 215,103 t | — |
| 1962 | 220,991 t | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 163,616 t | -26.0% |
| 1964 | 299,507 t | +83.1% |
| 1965 | 246,046 t | -17.8% |
| 1966 | 279,901 t | +13.8% |
| 1967 | 222,635 t | -20.5% |
| 1968 | 176,000 t | -20.9% |
| 1969 | 191,106 t | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 209,697 t | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 185,140 t | -11.7% |
| 1972 | 158,566 t | -14.4% |
| 1973 | 168,991 t | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 280,524 t | +66.0% |
| 1975 | 292,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 173,000 t | -40.8% |
| 1977 | 355,000 t | +105.2% |
| 1978 | 305,000 t | -14.1% |
| 1979 | 240,490 t | -21.2% |
| 1980 | 281,762 t | +17.2% |
| 1981 | 275,956 t | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 298,334 t | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 246,000 t | -17.5% |
| 1984 | 301,833 t | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 256,167 t | -15.1% |
| 1986 | 275,500 t | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 243,398 t | -11.7% |
| 1988 | 226,761 t | -6.8% |
| 1989 | 237,183 t | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 155,740 t | -34.3% |
| 1991 | 251,321 t | +61.4% |
| 1992 | 286,000 t | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 336,207 t | +17.6% |
| 1994 | 378,432 t | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 525,500 t | +38.9% |
| 1996 | 543,437 t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 568,168 t | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 522,907 t | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 562,260 t | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 448,740 t | -20.2% |
| 2001 | 495,862 t | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 443,654 t | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 546,183 t | +23.1% |
| 2004 | 500,911 t | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 420,365 t | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 472,363 t | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 458,653 t | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 507,036 t | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 553,522 t | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 556,193 t | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 619,198 t | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 649,320 t | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 823,930 t | +26.9% |
| 2014 | 977,300 t | +18.6% |
| 2015 | 1.06 million t | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 822,200 t | -22.3% |
| 2017 | 969,400 t | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 964,000 t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.05 million t | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 860,000 t | -18.7% |
| 2022 | 929,600 t | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million t | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 1.12 million t | +10.9% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 1.12 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 784.4 t, 1422.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 1.12 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 219,588 t, 5.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 223,878 t | 163,616 t | 299,507 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 236,841 t | 158,566 t | 355,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 264,289 t | 226,761 t | 301,833 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 412,997 t | 155,740 t | 568,168 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 484,729 t | 420,365 t | 553,522 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 848,954 t | 556,193 t | 1.06 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 993,740 t | 860,000 t | 1.12 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 31 Uruguay 1.31 million t compare
- 32 Argentina 1.26 million t compare
- 33 Russian Federation 1.26 million t compare
- 35 Paraguay 1.05 million t compare
- 36 Dominican Republic 958,000 t compare
- 37 Afghanistan 654,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — production in Guyana?
- Rice — production in Guyana was 1.12 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 155,740 t in 1990.
- How does Guyana rank for rice — production?
- Guyana ranks 34th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.