Rice — Yield in Africa
Africa: Rice — Yield was 2,372 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Africa is 2,372 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Africa peaked at 2,589 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,552 kg/ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 26th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,552 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,801 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1963 | 1,911 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 1,831 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 1,747 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 1,718 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 1,866 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 1,901 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 1,957 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 1,922 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 1,884 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 1,897 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 1,849 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 1,894 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 1,896 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,822 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 1,780 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 1,810 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 1,783 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 1,829 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 1,785 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 1,813 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 1,881 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 1,874 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 1,939 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 1,956 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 2,011 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 1,913 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 2,012 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 2,104 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 2,082 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 2,095 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 2,192 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 2,053 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 2,131 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 2,258 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 2,204 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 2,098 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 2,323 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 2,313 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,208 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 2,194 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 2,268 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 2,272 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,274 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,356 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 2,406 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 2,587 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 2,589 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,294 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 2,418 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 2,403 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,367 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 2,365 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,301 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 2,310 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,243 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 2,185 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 2,334 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 2,400 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 2,365 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 2,329 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,352 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 2,372 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,809 kg/ha | 1,552 kg/ha | 1,957 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,854 kg/ha | 1,780 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,901 kg/ha | 1,785 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,154 kg/ha | 2,053 kg/ha | 2,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,347 kg/ha | 2,194 kg/ha | 2,589 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,322 kg/ha | 2,185 kg/ha | 2,418 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,363 kg/ha | 2,329 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Africa?
- Rice — yield in Africa was 2,372 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,589 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,552 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for rice — yield?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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.