Rice — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Rice — Yield was 3,713 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 3,713 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 3,713 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,458 kg/ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,550 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,466 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 1,604 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 1,593 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 1,555 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 1,458 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 1,580 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 1,643 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 1,668 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 1,655 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 1,602 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 1,554 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 1,730 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 1,692 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 1,767 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 1,732 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 1,793 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 1,835 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 1,821 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 2,015 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 2,022 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 2,037 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 2,190 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 2,195 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 2,191 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 2,192 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,235 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 2,205 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 2,368 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 2,372 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 2,370 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 2,451 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 2,450 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,482 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 2,453 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 2,545 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 2,504 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 2,530 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 2,827 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 2,963 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 2,983 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,948 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 3,047 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 3,039 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 3,204 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 3,258 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 3,352 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 3,536 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 3,551 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 3,498 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 3,496 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,498 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,533 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 3,525 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,537 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 3,521 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 3,504 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,536 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 3,600 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 3,636 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 3,653 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 3,701 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 3,702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,713 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,569 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | 1,668 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,718 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | 1,835 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,165 kg/ha | 2,015 kg/ha | 2,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,498 kg/ha | 2,370 kg/ha | 2,827 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,188 kg/ha | 2,948 kg/ha | 3,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,525 kg/ha | 3,496 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,681 kg/ha | 3,636 kg/ha | 3,713 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 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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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Rice — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 3,713 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 3,713 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,458 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for rice — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 10th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.