Rice — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Rice — Yield was 2,983 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Thailand stood at 2,983 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Thailand peaked at 3,214 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,591 kg/ha, in 1977.
Thailand ranks 77th of 114 countries 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,658 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,720 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 1,872 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 1,838 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 1,780 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 1,836 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 1,750 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 1,788 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 1,847 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 2,021 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 1,937 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 1,831 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 1,924 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 1,825 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 1,831 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 1,845 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 1,591 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1978 | 1,955 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1979 | 1,821 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 1,888 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 1,952 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 1,888 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 2,035 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 2,067 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 2,061 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 2,052 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,015 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 2,146 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 2,085 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 1,956 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 2,217 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1992 | 2,191 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 2,208 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2,293 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 2,337 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 2,400 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 2,383 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 2,436 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 2,389 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,568 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 2,796 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 2,904 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 2,935 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 2,907 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 2,965 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 2,953 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,979 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 3,015 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 2,974 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 2,909 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 3,101 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 3,214 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 3,193 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 3,071 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 2,919 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 2,875 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 3,017 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 3,061 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 3,002 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 2,876 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 2,928 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 2,978 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,985 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,983 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 2,983 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 2,983 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,792 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,788 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha | 1,872 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,858 kg/ha | 1,591 kg/ha | 2,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,019 kg/ha | 1,888 kg/ha | 2,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,281 kg/ha | 1,956 kg/ha | 2,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,568 kg/ha | 3,015 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,036 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha | 3,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,950 kg/ha | 2,876 kg/ha | 2,985 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Thailand?
- Rice — yield in Thailand was 2,983 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,214 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,591 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Thailand rank for rice — yield?
- Thailand ranks 77th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.