Rice — Yield in Fiji
Fiji: Rice — Yield was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Fiji is 3,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 20.7% on the previous year and down 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Fiji peaked at 5,480 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 636.5 kg/ha, in 1998.
Fiji ranks 75th 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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,758 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,762 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 1,808 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 1,778 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 1,772 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 1,712 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 1,680 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 1,964 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1969 | 1,778 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 1,892 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 1,942 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 1,948 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 1,970 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 1,940 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 2,250 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1976 | 2,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,929 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 1,825 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 1,997 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 1,981 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 2,074 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 2,125 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 1,811 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1984 | 2,130 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1985 | 2,366 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 2,122 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 1,920 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 2,399 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1989 | 2,421 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 2,186 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 2,354 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 2,153 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 2,356 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 2,291 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 2,656 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1996 | 2,065 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1997 | 2,173 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 636.5 kg/ha | -70.7% |
| 1999 | 2,763 kg/ha | +334.1% |
| 2000 | 2,498 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 2,435 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 2,425 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,385 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 2,354 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 2,373 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,315 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2,674 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 2,284 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2009 | 2,870 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2010 | 3,017 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 2,852 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 2,441 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 3,197 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2014 | 5,480 kg/ha | +71.4% |
| 2015 | 3,000 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 2016 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,439 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 3,772 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 4,055 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 4,093 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 3,784 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 3,000 kg/ha | -20.7% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 3,000 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 3,000 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,792 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +334.1% | 636.5 kg/ha | 2,763 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -70.7% | 2,173 kg/ha | 636.5 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +71.4% | 3,197 kg/ha | 5,480 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,779 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 1,964 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,994 kg/ha | 1,825 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,135 kg/ha | 1,811 kg/ha | 2,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,163 kg/ha | 636.5 kg/ha | 2,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,461 kg/ha | 2,284 kg/ha | 2,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,243 kg/ha | 2,441 kg/ha | 5,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,741 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 4,093 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Fiji?
- Rice — yield in Fiji was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 5,480 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 636.5 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Fiji rank for rice — yield?
- Fiji ranks 75th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.