Rice — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Rice — Yield was 2,714 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Eswatini is 2,714 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Eswatini peaked at 9,149 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,153 kg/ha, in 1961.
Eswatini ranks 81st of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,153 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,399 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 2,782 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1964 | 2,668 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1965 | 2,701 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 2,961 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1967 | 2,766 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 2,397 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1969 | 2,822 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1970 | 3,054 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 2,999 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 3,319 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1973 | 3,416 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 3,268 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 2,739 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1976 | 2,722 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 2,632 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 2,632 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,632 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,632 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 3,209 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1983 | 3,471 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 8,725 kg/ha | +151.4% |
| 1985 | 7,500 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1986 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,149 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1991 | 7,500 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1992 | 6,161 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1994 | 5,496 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 5,314 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 4,649 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1997 | 5,138 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 7,000 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1999 | 3,333 kg/ha | -52.4% |
| 2000 | 3,400 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 3,764 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 4,049 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 4,107 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 3,964 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 3,821 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 3,766 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 3,710 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 3,655 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 3,600 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 3,545 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 3,490 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 3,434 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 3,379 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 3,321 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 3,367 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 3,257 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 3,094 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 3,333 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 4,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 2,873 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2021 | 2,828 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 2,829 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,772 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 2,714 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 2,714 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 2,714 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +151.4% | 3,471 kg/ha | 8,725 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -52.4% | 7,000 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +36.3% | 5,138 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +28.3% | 2,500 kg/ha | 3,209 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -28.2% | 4,000 kg/ha | 2,873 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,628 kg/ha | 2,153 kg/ha | 2,961 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,941 kg/ha | 2,632 kg/ha | 3,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,804 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 8,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,874 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 9,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,784 kg/ha | 3,400 kg/ha | 4,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,422 kg/ha | 3,094 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,803 kg/ha | 2,714 kg/ha | 2,873 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 78 South Africa 2,912 kg/ha compare
- 79 Angola 2,816 kg/ha compare
- 80 Gabon 2,800 kg/ha compare
- 82 Haiti 2,618 kg/ha compare
- 83 Madagascar 2,435 kg/ha compare
- 84 Brunei Darussalam 2,418 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Eswatini?
- Rice — yield in Eswatini was 2,714 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 9,149 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,153 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for rice — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 81st out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.