Rice — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Rice — Yield was 6,500 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Morocco stood at 6,500 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Morocco peaked at 11,351 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,341 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Morocco 22nd 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,400 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,200 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1966 | 4,509 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 5,093 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 5,256 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 5,796 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 5,000 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1971 | 2,700 kg/ha | -46.0% |
| 1972 | 4,484 kg/ha | +66.1% |
| 1973 | 3,867 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1974 | 3,224 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1975 | 4,710 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1976 | 3,389 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1977 | 3,840 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 2,444 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1979 | 3,220 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1980 | 4,871 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 1981 | 3,719 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1982 | 3,640 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 2,341 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1984 | 2,522 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 2,883 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 4,551 kg/ha | +57.8% |
| 1987 | 5,500 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1988 | 4,451 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1989 | 6,300 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1990 | 4,175 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1991 | 3,841 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 3,069 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | +62.9% |
| 1994 | 6,500 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1995 | 4,957 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1996 | 5,800 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1997 | 3,726 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 1998 | 5,411 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1999 | 4,500 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,277 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2002 | 4,145 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2003 | 4,971 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 6,704 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2005 | 6,800 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 6,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7,367 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 6,956 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 6,415 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 6,827 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 7,024 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 7,602 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 7,543 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 7,500 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 7,617 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 7,088 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 7,200 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 7,791 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 8,102 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 11,351 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 2021 | 6,737 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 2022 | 7,771 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2023 | 8,001 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 6,500 kg/ha | -18.8% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 6,500 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 6,500 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,344 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,584 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 5,796 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,688 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,078 kg/ha | 2,341 kg/ha | 6,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,698 kg/ha | 3,069 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,994 kg/ha | 4,145 kg/ha | 7,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,429 kg/ha | 6,827 kg/ha | 8,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,072 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 11,351 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Morocco?
- Rice — yield in Morocco was 6,500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 11,351 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,341 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Morocco rank for rice — yield?
- Morocco ranks 22nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.