Rice — Yield in Europe
Europe: Rice — Yield was 6,399 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Europe is 6,399 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Europe peaked at 6,482 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,424 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Europe 10th out of 27 groups 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,120 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,165 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 3,980 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 3,844 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 3,424 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1966 | 3,732 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1967 | 3,992 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 3,710 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 4,017 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 3,984 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 3,994 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 3,801 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 4,170 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 4,110 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 4,314 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 3,894 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1977 | 3,759 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 3,861 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 4,280 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 4,294 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 4,166 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 4,151 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 4,202 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 4,210 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 4,302 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 4,533 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 4,271 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 4,343 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 4,081 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 4,298 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 4,218 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 4,555 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 4,320 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 4,731 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 4,946 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 5,101 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 5,257 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 5,501 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 5,474 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 5,248 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 5,538 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 5,770 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 5,602 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 5,937 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 5,805 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 5,760 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 5,960 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 5,814 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 6,368 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 6,029 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 6,045 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 6,482 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 6,208 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 6,198 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 6,471 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 6,360 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 6,446 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 6,469 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 6,465 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,380 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 6,232 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 5,745 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 6,185 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 6,399 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,887 kg/ha | 3,424 kg/ha | 4,165 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,017 kg/ha | 3,759 kg/ha | 4,314 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,255 kg/ha | 4,081 kg/ha | 4,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,840 kg/ha | 4,218 kg/ha | 5,501 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,780 kg/ha | 5,248 kg/ha | 6,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,317 kg/ha | 6,029 kg/ha | 6,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,188 kg/ha | 5,745 kg/ha | 6,399 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 9 China, mainland 7,154 kg/ha compare
- 10 China 7,150 kg/ha compare
- 11 Spain 7,049 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 3,106 kg/ha compare
- 12 El Salvador 7,020 kg/ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,575 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 7,005 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
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- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Europe?
- Rice — yield in Europe was 6,399 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,482 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,424 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Europe rank for rice — yield?
- Europe ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.