Rice — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Rice — Yield was 2,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Somalia, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 2,000 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Somalia peaked at 6,154 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,163 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Somalia 101st out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,416 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 2,988 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,301 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 4,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,086 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,284 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 6,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,618 kg/ha | 1,472 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,010 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,049 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 98 Papua New Guinea 2,159 kg/ha compare
- 99 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,073 kg/ha compare
- 100 Cuba 2,063 kg/ha compare
- 101 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 103 Nigeria 1,996 kg/ha compare
- 104 Algeria 1,899 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 55.79 (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 575.39 million current US$ (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 55.8% (1990)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 55.79 (1990)
- Rural population 8.82 million (2025)
- Rural population 44.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 0 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Somalia?
- Rice — yield in Somalia was 2,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,154 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,163 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Somalia rank for rice — yield?
- Somalia ranks 101st out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.