Rice — Yield in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Rice — Yield was 7,096 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Eastern 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 Eastern Asia is 7,096 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Eastern Asia peaked at 7,096 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,472 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Asia 5th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,472 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,718 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 3,004 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 3,110 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 3,196 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 3,377 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 3,384 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 3,451 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 3,430 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 3,638 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 3,501 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 3,473 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 3,706 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 3,724 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 3,775 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 3,716 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 3,920 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 4,223 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 4,435 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 4,208 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 4,461 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 4,947 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 5,132 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 5,430 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 5,314 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 5,396 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 5,436 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 5,326 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 5,534 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 5,723 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 5,684 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 5,868 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 5,800 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 5,894 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 5,999 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 6,180 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 6,271 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 6,308 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 6,310 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,252 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 6,156 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 6,168 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 6,006 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 6,286 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 6,250 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 6,252 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6,365 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 6,550 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 6,549 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,506 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 6,642 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 6,740 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 6,699 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 6,792 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 6,857 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 6,850 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 6,888 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 6,983 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 7,027 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 6,982 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 7,068 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 7,029 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 7,074 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 7,096 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,127 kg/ha | 2,472 kg/ha | 3,451 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,811 kg/ha | 3,473 kg/ha | 4,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,118 kg/ha | 4,208 kg/ha | 5,534 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,004 kg/ha | 5,684 kg/ha | 6,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,283 kg/ha | 6,006 kg/ha | 6,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,798 kg/ha | 6,506 kg/ha | 7,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,050 kg/ha | 6,982 kg/ha | 7,096 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 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
- 8 Greece 7,922 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,108 kg/ha compare
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- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.2029 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.9519 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.4424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Eastern Asia?
- Rice — yield in Eastern Asia was 7,096 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,096 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,472 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for rice — yield?
- Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.