Rice — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Rice — Yield was 4,192 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 4,192 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Caribbean peaked at 4,368 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,582 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 19th out of 27 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.
Rice — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,582 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,596 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 1,820 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1964 | 1,981 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 1,994 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 2,205 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 1,971 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1968 | 1,907 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 2,028 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 2,117 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 2,323 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 2,256 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 2,080 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 2,594 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1975 | 2,500 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 2,823 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 2,817 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 3,018 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 2,989 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 3,228 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 3,211 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 3,567 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 3,768 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 3,567 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 3,522 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 3,580 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 3,442 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 3,367 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 3,445 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 3,369 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 3,276 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 3,643 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 3,073 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1994 | 2,904 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 3,210 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 3,043 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 3,291 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 2,852 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 3,503 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2000 | 3,341 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 3,709 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 3,788 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 3,660 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 3,400 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 3,348 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 3,598 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 3,755 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 3,568 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 3,224 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 3,468 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 3,568 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 3,416 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 3,739 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 3,968 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 4,273 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 4,212 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 4,264 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 3,347 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2019 | 4,211 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2020 | 4,277 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 4,368 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 4,215 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 4,154 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 4,192 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,898 kg/ha | 1,582 kg/ha | 2,205 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,552 kg/ha | 2,080 kg/ha | 3,018 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,470 kg/ha | 3,211 kg/ha | 3,768 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,217 kg/ha | 2,852 kg/ha | 3,643 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,539 kg/ha | 3,224 kg/ha | 3,788 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,847 kg/ha | 3,347 kg/ha | 4,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,241 kg/ha | 4,154 kg/ha | 4,368 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 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 Argentina 6,624 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Caribbean?
- Rice — yield in Caribbean was 4,192 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 4,368 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,582 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for rice — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 19th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.