Rice — Production in Suriname
Suriname: Rice — Production was 225,923 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Production in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — production in Suriname stood at 225,923 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Suriname peaked at 301,971 t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 71,562 t, in 1961.
Suriname ranks 68th 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 | 95,653 t | 71,562 t | 119,529 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 174,107 t | 122,968 t | 235,772 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 280,629 t | 257,629 t | 301,971 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 214,764 t | 180,295 t | 261,080 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 181,812 t | 157,105 t | 229,370 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 260,813 t | 224,127 t | 289,431 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 230,526 t | 184,235 t | 263,749 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
- Rural population 34.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 218,901 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 299.02 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,586 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — production in Suriname?
- Rice — production in Suriname was 225,923 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 301,971 t in 1984.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,562 t in 1961.
- How does Suriname rank for rice — production?
- Suriname ranks 68th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.