Rice — Yield in Asia
Asia: Rice — Yield was 4,989 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Asia is 4,989 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Asia peaked at 4,997 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,858 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,858 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,879 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 2,053 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 2,107 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 2,032 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 2,080 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 2,173 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 2,238 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 2,263 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 2,399 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 2,381 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 2,334 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 2,474 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 2,436 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 2,538 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 2,482 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 2,612 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 2,734 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 2,697 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 2,792 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 2,880 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 3,045 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 3,218 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 3,304 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 3,318 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 3,316 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 3,349 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 3,409 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 3,540 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 3,607 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 3,608 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,682 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 3,708 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 3,752 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 3,730 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 3,758 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 3,878 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 3,878 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,964 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 3,939 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 4,008 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 3,930 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 4,012 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 4,085 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 4,167 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 4,196 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 4,283 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 4,381 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 4,390 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 4,425 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 4,556 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 4,652 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 4,645 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 4,661 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,706 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 4,725 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 4,759 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,852 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,886 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 4,867 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 4,940 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,942 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,997 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 4,989 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,076 kg/ha | 1,858 kg/ha | 2,263 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,509 kg/ha | 2,334 kg/ha | 2,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,217 kg/ha | 2,792 kg/ha | 3,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,757 kg/ha | 3,607 kg/ha | 3,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,139 kg/ha | 3,930 kg/ha | 4,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,687 kg/ha | 4,425 kg/ha | 4,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,947 kg/ha | 4,867 kg/ha | 4,997 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 Tajikistan 13,386 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 7,905 kg/ha compare
- 2 Australia 11,914 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 6,152 kg/ha compare
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 11,914 kg/ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Uruguay 9,352 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,639 kg/ha compare
- 5 Egypt 9,132 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,518 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 8,385 kg/ha compare
- 7 Peru 8,307 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,484 kg/ha compare
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- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.7475 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Asia?
- Rice — yield in Asia was 4,989 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,997 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,858 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for rice — yield?
- Asia ranks 4th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.