Rice — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Rice — Yield was 1,180 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Middle Africa is 1,180 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 1,277 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 749.8 kg/ha, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 883.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 886.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 954.4 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 1,035 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 749.8 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1966 | 992.2 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1967 | 1,027 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 866 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1969 | 852 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 802.6 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 806.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 773.4 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 801.4 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 825.4 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 858 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 906.4 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 884.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 872.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 854.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 929.2 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 946.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 935.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 1,017 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 970.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 1,012 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 975.5 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 930.9 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 1,006 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 1,064 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 966.2 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 1,003 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 908.1 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 752.2 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1994 | 855.2 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 852.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 922.1 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 922.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 923.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,017 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 902.3 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 947.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 903.8 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 903.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 866.5 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 944.5 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 879.1 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 879.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 945.7 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 988.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 859.7 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 894.2 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 904.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 960.8 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 899.6 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 897.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 985.8 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 998.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,080 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 1,125 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,232 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 1,277 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 1,121 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 1,152 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 1,180 kg/ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 916.23 kg/ha | 749.8 kg/ha | 1,035 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 838.53 kg/ha | 773.4 kg/ha | 906.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 978.61 kg/ha | 929.2 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 912.24 kg/ha | 752.2 kg/ha | 1,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 916.05 kg/ha | 866.5 kg/ha | 988.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 960.45 kg/ha | 859.7 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,192 kg/ha | 1,121 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,073 kg/ha compare
- 14 Japan 6,956 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 18 Guyana 6,654 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
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Middle Africa?
- Rice — yield in Middle Africa was 1,180 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,277 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 749.8 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Middle Africa rank for rice — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 17th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.