Rice — Yield in Mali
Mali: Rice — Yield was 3,491 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Mali is 3,491 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Mali peaked at 3,526 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 657.9 kg/ha, in 1972.
Mali ranks 71st 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 Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,016 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 950 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 1,342 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1964 | 995.6 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1965 | 958.6 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 890.1 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 856.8 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 836.1 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 1,174 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 1970 | 984.9 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1971 | 925.6 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 657.9 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1973 | 675.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 1,112 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 1975 | 1,177 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 1,275 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 1,118 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 1,417 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1979 | 990 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1980 | 972.5 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 1,166 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1982 | 840.4 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1983 | 1,150 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1984 | 662 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 1985 | 1,157 kg/ha | +74.8% |
| 1986 | 1,181 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,451 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1988 | 1,244 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1989 | 1,463 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1990 | 1,436 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 1,727 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1992 | 1,758 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 1,735 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 1,652 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 1,548 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 1,914 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1997 | 1,755 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 2,199 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1999 | 2,237 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 2,106 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 2,010 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 1,944 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 2,313 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 2,280 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,284 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,578 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2007 | 2,762 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 3,366 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2009 | 3,065 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 2,104 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2011 | 3,021 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 2012 | 3,449 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 3,001 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 3,167 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 3,059 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 3,332 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 3,526 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 3,267 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 3,457 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 3,352 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 2,769 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 3,226 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 3,334 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 3,491 kg/ha | +4.7% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 3,491 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mali's 3,491 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,002 kg/ha | 836.1 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,033 kg/ha | 657.9 kg/ha | 1,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,129 kg/ha | 662 kg/ha | 1,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,796 kg/ha | 1,436 kg/ha | 2,237 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,471 kg/ha | 1,944 kg/ha | 3,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,138 kg/ha | 2,104 kg/ha | 3,526 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,234 kg/ha | 2,769 kg/ha | 3,491 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Mali?
- Rice — yield in Mali was 3,491 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 3,526 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 657.9 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Mali rank for rice — yield?
- Mali ranks 71st out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.