Rice — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Rice — Yield was 4,441 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 4,441 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 4,442 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,385 kg/ha, in 1966.
Southern Asia ranks 17th 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,583 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,448 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1963 | 1,608 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1964 | 1,652 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 1,406 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 1,385 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 1,602 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1968 | 1,674 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 1,682 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 1,723 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 1,728 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 1,643 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 1,783 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 1,652 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 1,888 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 1,718 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 1,980 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1978 | 2,012 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 1,716 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1980 | 2,034 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1981 | 2,008 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 1,930 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 2,220 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1984 | 2,159 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 2,315 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 2,228 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 2,237 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 2,495 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 2,598 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 2,603 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 2,614 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 2,648 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 2,778 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 2,811 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 2,696 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 2,599 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 2,808 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 2,827 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,047 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 2,954 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 3,160 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 2,878 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 3,190 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 3,073 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 3,245 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 3,304 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 3,391 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 3,458 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 3,408 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 3,518 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 3,743 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 3,807 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3,797 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,775 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 3,795 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 3,917 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 3,966 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 4,110 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 4,190 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 4,205 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,304 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 4,322 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,442 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 4,441 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,560 kg/ha | 1,385 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,784 kg/ha | 1,643 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,222 kg/ha | 1,930 kg/ha | 2,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,743 kg/ha | 2,599 kg/ha | 3,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,206 kg/ha | 2,878 kg/ha | 3,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,862 kg/ha | 3,518 kg/ha | 4,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,343 kg/ha | 4,205 kg/ha | 4,442 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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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- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 7.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Southern Asia?
- Rice — yield in Southern Asia was 4,441 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,442 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,385 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Southern Asia rank for rice — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.