Rice — Yield in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Rice — Yield was 1,362 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Central African Republic is 1,362 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Central African Republic peaked at 2,048 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 481.5 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Central African Republic 102nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 857.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 825 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 860 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 923.1 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 928.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 928.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,086 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1968 | 980 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1969 | 821.3 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1970 | 551.2 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1971 | 544.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 481.5 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1973 | 774.6 kg/ha | +60.9% |
| 1974 | 903.4 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1975 | 903 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 888.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 981 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 921.6 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 945.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 1,123 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1982 | 1,064 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 1,304 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1984 | 1,660 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1985 | 1,684 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 1,069 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1987 | 1,158 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 1,472 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 1,548 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 1,673 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 1,338 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 1,452 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 1,451 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,320 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1995 | 1,521 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1996 | 1,320 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 1,417 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 1,423 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,500 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 1,490 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,488 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,489 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,048 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 2004 | 1,994 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 2,009 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,600 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2007 | 1,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,382 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 1,393 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,380 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,360 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,400 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 900 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2021 | 1,100 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2022 | 1,400 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2023 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,362 kg/ha | -2.7% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 1,362 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 1,362 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Central African Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +60.9% | 481.5 kg/ha | 774.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 912.16 kg/ha | 821.3 kg/ha | 1,086 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 794.98 kg/ha | 481.5 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,303 kg/ha | 945.4 kg/ha | 1,684 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,320 kg/ha | 1,673 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,662 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | 2,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,392 kg/ha | 1,360 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,232 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 27.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Central African Republic?
- Rice — yield in Central African Republic was 1,362 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2,048 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 481.5 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Central African Republic rank for rice — yield?
- Central African Republic ranks 102nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.