Rice — Yield in South America
South America: Rice — Yield was 5,978 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in South America is 5,978 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in South America peaked at 6,081 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,622 kg/ha, in 1969.
South America ranks 13th of 27 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,825 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,801 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 1,680 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 1,665 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 1,764 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 1,622 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 1,760 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 1,672 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 1,622 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 1,752 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 1,648 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 1,766 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 1,788 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 1,824 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 1,838 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,741 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 1,835 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 1,701 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 1,814 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 1,903 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 1,787 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 2,038 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 1,953 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 2,136 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 2,315 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 2,203 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 2,173 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 2,371 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 2,551 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 2,433 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 2,689 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 2,609 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 2,776 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 2,900 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 3,052 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 3,292 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 3,452 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 3,219 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 3,663 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 3,619 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 3,831 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 3,888 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 3,877 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 4,065 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 3,921 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 4,413 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 4,371 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 4,712 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 4,778 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 4,463 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 5,033 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2012 | 5,006 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 5,072 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 5,232 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 5,604 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 5,371 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 5,647 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 5,825 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 5,697 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 5,950 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 6,075 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 5,958 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 6,081 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 5,978 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,712 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha | 1,825 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,771 kg/ha | 1,648 kg/ha | 1,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,143 kg/ha | 1,787 kg/ha | 2,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,009 kg/ha | 2,433 kg/ha | 3,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,147 kg/ha | 3,619 kg/ha | 4,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,295 kg/ha | 4,463 kg/ha | 5,825 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,009 kg/ha | 5,950 kg/ha | 6,081 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 10 China 7,150 kg/ha compare
- 11 Spain 7,049 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 3,106 kg/ha compare
- 12 El Salvador 7,020 kg/ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,575 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 7,005 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for South America
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- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in South America?
- Rice — yield in South America was 5,978 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 6,081 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,622 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does South America rank for rice — yield?
- South America ranks 13th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.