Rice — Yield in Italy
Italy: Rice — Yield was 6,407 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 6,407 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Italy peaked at 6,825 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,674 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Italy 23rd 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,677 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,596 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 4,904 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1964 | 5,217 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 4,025 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1966 | 4,687 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 5,182 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 4,167 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1969 | 5,100 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1970 | 4,733 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 5,097 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 4,096 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1973 | 5,410 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1974 | 5,468 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 5,695 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 4,850 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1977 | 3,674 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1978 | 4,955 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1979 | 6,035 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1980 | 5,496 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 5,287 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 5,708 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 5,596 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 5,592 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 6,052 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 5,934 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 5,613 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 5,510 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 6,046 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 6,028 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 6,027 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,876 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 5,632 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 5,766 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 5,521 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 5,812 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 6,195 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 6,257 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 6,464 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 5,581 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2001 | 5,849 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 6,270 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 6,413 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 6,632 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 6,307 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 6,277 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 6,624 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 6,195 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 6,794 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 6,122 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 6,045 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 6,813 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2013 | 6,634 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 6,315 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 6,678 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 6,780 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 6,825 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 6,769 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 6,784 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 6,632 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 6,428 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 5,663 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 6,558 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2024 | 6,407 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 6,407 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,950 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Italy's 6,407 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5,419 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,951 kg/ha | 4,025 kg/ha | 5,677 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,001 kg/ha | 3,674 kg/ha | 6,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,683 kg/ha | 5,287 kg/ha | 6,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,958 kg/ha | 5,521 kg/ha | 6,464 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,294 kg/ha | 5,581 kg/ha | 6,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,577 kg/ha | 6,045 kg/ha | 6,825 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,337 kg/ha | 5,663 kg/ha | 6,632 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 20 China, Taiwan Province of 6,572 kg/ha compare
- 21 Kenya 6,553 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 2,935 kg/ha compare
- 22 Morocco 6,500 kg/ha compare
- 24 Portugal 6,209 kg/ha compare
- 25 Russian Federation 6,105 kg/ha compare
- 26 Nicaragua 6,023 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Italy?
- Rice — yield in Italy was 6,407 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 6,825 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,674 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Italy rank for rice — yield?
- Italy ranks 23rd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.