Rice — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Rice — Yield was 6,624 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 6,624 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Argentina peaked at 7,266 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,047 kg/ha, in 1979.
Argentina ranks 19th of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,239 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,436 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 3,407 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 3,517 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 3,942 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 3,532 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1967 | 3,510 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 3,996 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 3,943 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 3,994 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 3,731 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1972 | 3,538 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 3,396 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 3,821 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 3,795 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 3,541 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 3,532 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 3,263 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 3,047 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 3,236 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 3,500 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 3,849 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 3,660 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 3,742 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 3,678 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 3,885 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 3,918 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 4,181 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 4,671 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 3,671 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1991 | 4,029 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 5,208 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1993 | 4,356 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1994 | 4,299 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 5,031 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 5,103 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 5,370 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 4,776 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 5,734 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 4,780 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2001 | 5,750 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2002 | 5,720 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 5,400 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 6,266 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 6,016 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 7,061 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 6,560 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 6,828 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 6,884 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 5,765 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2011 | 6,790 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2012 | 6,662 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 6,719 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 6,504 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 6,699 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 6,763 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 6,508 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 6,903 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 6,492 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 6,600 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 7,266 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 6,570 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 6,724 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 6,624 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 6,624 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 6,624 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,675 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,614 kg/ha | 3,239 kg/ha | 3,996 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,566 kg/ha | 3,047 kg/ha | 3,994 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,832 kg/ha | 3,236 kg/ha | 4,671 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,758 kg/ha | 3,671 kg/ha | 5,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,127 kg/ha | 4,780 kg/ha | 7,061 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,580 kg/ha | 5,765 kg/ha | 6,903 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,757 kg/ha | 6,570 kg/ha | 7,266 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 16 Chile 6,832 kg/ha compare
- 17 Brazil 6,728 kg/ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,052 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guyana 6,654 kg/ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 4,192 kg/ha compare
- 20 China, Taiwan Province of 6,572 kg/ha compare
- 21 Kenya 6,553 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 2,935 kg/ha compare
- 22 Morocco 6,500 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Argentina?
- Rice — yield in Argentina was 6,624 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 7,266 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,047 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Argentina rank for rice — yield?
- Argentina ranks 19th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.