Rice — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Rice — Yield was 6,654 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 6,654 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Guyana peaked at 6,654 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,531 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Guyana 18th out of 114 countries 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 Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,027 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,229 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 2,031 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 2,018 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 2,065 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 2,039 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 1,906 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 1,531 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1969 | 1,689 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 1,892 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 1,822 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 1,972 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 1,821 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 2,423 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1975 | 2,179 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1976 | 1,784 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1977 | 2,610 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1978 | 2,652 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 2,666 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 2,971 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 3,136 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 3,078 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 3,249 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 3,100 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 3,294 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 3,282 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 3,252 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 3,073 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 3,401 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 3,033 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1991 | 3,343 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1992 | 3,511 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 3,317 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 3,733 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 3,954 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 4,014 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 3,981 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 4,040 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 3,825 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 3,868 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 3,982 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 4,119 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 4,227 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 4,329 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 3,940 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 4,626 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 4,331 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 4,232 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 4,435 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 4,233 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 4,410 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 4,528 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 5,000 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 5,271 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 5,540 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 5,474 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 5,594 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 5,772 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 5,905 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 5,701 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 5,520 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 6,028 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 6,317 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 6,654 kg/ha | +5.3% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 6,654 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,950 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 6,654 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,675 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +46.4% | 1,784 kg/ha | 2,610 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,948 kg/ha | 1,531 kg/ha | 2,229 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,182 kg/ha | 1,784 kg/ha | 2,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,184 kg/ha | 2,971 kg/ha | 3,401 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,675 kg/ha | 3,033 kg/ha | 4,040 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,209 kg/ha | 3,868 kg/ha | 4,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,173 kg/ha | 4,233 kg/ha | 5,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,044 kg/ha | 5,520 kg/ha | 6,654 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 6,855 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 16 Chile 6,832 kg/ha compare
- 17 Brazil 6,728 kg/ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,052 kg/ha compare
- 19 Argentina 6,624 kg/ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 4,192 kg/ha compare
- 20 China, Taiwan Province of 6,572 kg/ha compare
- 21 Kenya 6,553 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Guyana?
- Rice — yield in Guyana was 6,654 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,654 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,531 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Guyana rank for rice — yield?
- Guyana ranks 18th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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.