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Rice yield (kg per hectare) by country

Rice yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Countries reporting
37
Highest
2,033 kg per hectare
Uganda
Lowest
89.7 kg per hectare
Mauritania
Median
710 kg per hectare
Years covered
51
1961–2011
Data points
1,915

What the numbers show

Rice yield (kg per hectare) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 2,033 kg per hectare in Uganda; the lowest is 89.7 kg per hectare in Mauritania.

The median across all reporting countries is 710 kg per hectare, and the mean is 775.79 kg per hectare.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 90.7%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 71.8%).

Rice yield: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 2,033 kg per hectare 2011 up 35.4% rising
2 Rwanda 1,604 kg per hectare 2011 up 86.1% rising
3 Ethiopia 1,548 kg per hectare 2011 up 69.8% rising
4 Morocco 1,481 kg per hectare 2011 up 6.7% volatile
5 Cameroon 1,320 kg per hectare 2011 up 32.0% rising
6 Libya 1,253 kg per hectare 2011 up 8.1% rising
7 Central African Republic 1,222 kg per hectare 2011 up 64.7% rising
8 Burundi 1,071 kg per hectare 2011 up 7.1% rising
9 Ghana 1,029 kg per hectare 2011 up 47.8% rising
10 Sierra Leone 1,008 kg per hectare 2011 up 13.8% falling
11 Zambia 967.4 kg per hectare 2011 up 29.4% rising
12 Benin 863.1 kg per hectare 2011 up 14.1% rising
13 Congo 814.8 kg per hectare 2011 up 1.9% flat
14 Gambia 789.6 kg per hectare 2011 down 26.8% falling
15 Guinea 781.3 kg per hectare 2011 down 22.2% falling
16 Cote d'Ivoire 770 kg per hectare 2011 up 18.5% rising
17 Democratic Republic of Congo 735 kg per hectare 2011 up 11.2% flat
18 Burkina Faso 724.8 kg per hectare 2011 down 5.0% rising
19 Malawi 710 kg per hectare 2011 up 18.8% rising
20 Chad 703.1 kg per hectare 2011 up 50.1% falling
21 Togo 686.5 kg per hectare 2011 up 11.6% rising
22 Tanzania 671.4 kg per hectare 2011 down 34.6% rising
23 Kenya 659.6 kg per hectare 2011 up 54.1% volatile
24 Mali 640.3 kg per hectare 2011 down 7.7% rising
25 Senegal 616.5 kg per hectare 2011 down 11.3% rising
26 Guinea-Bissau 535.6 kg per hectare 2011 down 35.7% rising
27 Mozambique 523.3 kg per hectare 2011 down 0.6% flat
28 South Africa 500 kg per hectare 2011 down 0.6% falling
29 Nigeria 440 kg per hectare 2011 down 66.2% rising
30 Niger 414.9 kg per hectare 2011 down 10.1% falling
31 Eritrea 356.5 kg per hectare 2011 down 33.6% volatile
32 Angola 298.8 kg per hectare 2011 down 52.9% falling
33 Botswana 257.5 kg per hectare 2011 up 90.7% volatile
34 Zimbabwe 246.9 kg per hectare 2011 down 10.5% falling
35 Sudan 233.6 kg per hectare 2010 down 1.7% falling
36 Namibia 102.9 kg per hectare 2011 down 63.1% falling
37 Mauritania 89.7 kg per hectare 2011 down 71.8% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Rice yield (kg per hectare)
Unit
kg per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
42 places, 1,915 data points, 1961–2011
Last refreshed

Rice yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.