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 90th out of 114 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.
Rice — Yield in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 2,800 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 2,988 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 2,909 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 2,982 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 2,062 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1976 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,818 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 1,163 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1979 | 2,583 kg/ha | +122.1% |
| 1980 | 2,729 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 3,421 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1982 | 3,167 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 3,900 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1984 | 3,231 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1985 | 4,077 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1986 | 3,719 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 3,333 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 2,400 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1989 | 3,031 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1990 | 3,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 2,500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 2,646 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 2,500 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 1,500 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1995 | 1,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 3,177 kg/ha | +90.6% |
| 1997 | 3,713 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1998 | 4,446 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1999 | 5,714 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | -65.0% |
| 2001 | 5,970 kg/ha | +198.5% |
| 2002 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,436 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 5,475 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 6,154 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 5,081 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 4,727 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 5,200 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 3,558 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2012 | 4,869 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 2013 | 1,472 kg/ha | -69.8% |
| 2014 | 2,000 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 2015 | 1,750 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 1,833 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 1,727 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 1,764 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 2,006 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 2,049 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 2,000 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 2,000 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 2,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Somalia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +198.5% | 2,000 kg/ha | 5,970 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +122.1% | 1,163 kg/ha | 2,583 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +90.6% | 1,667 kg/ha | 3,177 kg/ha |
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
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
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 90th out of 114 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.