Rice — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Rice — Yield was 4,558 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 4,558 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Bhutan peaked at 4,558 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,208 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Bhutan 46th 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 | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,903 kg/ha | 1,654 kg/ha | 2,156 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,637 kg/ha | 1,208 kg/ha | 2,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,555 kg/ha | 1,704 kg/ha | 3,998 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,781 kg/ha | 3,140 kg/ha | 4,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,356 kg/ha | 4,159 kg/ha | 4,558 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 43 Belize 4,849 kg/ha compare
- 44 Sudan (former) 4,699 kg/ha compare
- 45 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,639 kg/ha compare
- 47 Turkmenistan 4,542 kg/ha compare
- 48 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,518 kg/ha compare
- 49 Colombia 4,501 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture share gdp 13.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 56.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 450,682 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 489.68 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2,050 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Bhutan?
- Rice — yield in Bhutan was 4,558 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,558 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,208 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Bhutan rank for rice — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 46th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.