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 39th out of 127 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.
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
- 36 Indonesia 5,290 kg/ha compare
- 37 Kazakhstan 5,224 kg/ha compare
- 38 Dominican Republic 5,104 kg/ha compare
- 40 Syrian Arab Republic 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 40 Ukraine 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 42 Mauritania 4,878 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
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 39th out of 127 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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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.