Rice — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Rice — Yield was 5,062 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 5,062 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 5,062 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,518 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Afghanistan 37th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,519 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,519 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,519 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,727 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1965 | 1,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,518 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1967 | 1,922 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1968 | 1,952 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 1,976 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 1,812 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 1,750 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 1,905 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1973 | 2,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,071 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 2,133 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,905 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 2,038 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 2,131 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 2,173 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,241 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 2,199 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 2,258 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 2,242 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 2,248 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 2,240 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 1,906 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 1,882 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1,903 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,936 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,714 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 1,714 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,900 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 2,294 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1996 | 1,943 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1997 | 2,222 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1998 | 2,500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,874 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 2003 | 2,993 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 2,374 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2005 | 3,031 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2006 | 3,375 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 3,247 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 3,221 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 3,225 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,231 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 3,200 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 3,429 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 3,727 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 3,643 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 3,732 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 4,472 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 4,615 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 4,471 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 4,477 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 4,442 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 4,406 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 4,625 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 4,628 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,062 kg/ha | +9.4% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 5,062 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 5,062 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,344 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +43.7% | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,874 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,709 kg/ha | 1,518 kg/ha | 1,976 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,975 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 2,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,139 kg/ha | 1,882 kg/ha | 2,258 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,013 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,834 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,900 kg/ha | 3,200 kg/ha | 4,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,633 kg/ha | 4,406 kg/ha | 5,062 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 34 Indonesia 5,290 kg/ha compare
- 35 Kazakhstan 5,224 kg/ha compare
- 36 Dominican Republic 5,104 kg/ha compare
- 38 Ukraine 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 39 Mauritania 4,878 kg/ha compare
- 40 Belize 4,849 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Afghanistan?
- Rice — yield in Afghanistan was 5,062 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 5,062 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,518 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Afghanistan rank for rice — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 37th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.9%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.