Rice — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Rice — Yield was 1,304 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 1,304 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 17.8% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Uganda peaked at 2,589 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 573.6 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Uganda 104th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,217 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,251 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 1,199 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 1,160 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,188 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 2,066 kg/ha | +74.0% |
| 1967 | 1,304 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 1968 | 573.6 kg/ha | -56.0% |
| 1969 | 681 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1970 | 732.3 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 916.7 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1972 | 877.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 887.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 867.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 893.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 1,188 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1977 | 1,071 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 1,053 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 1,250 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 1,546 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1981 | 1,250 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1982 | 1,267 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 1,294 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,176 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 1,357 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 1,105 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1987 | 1,250 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 1,353 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 1,406 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 1,385 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 1,356 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 1,360 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1,396 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,414 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1,333 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 1,406 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 1,397 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,514 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,535 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,301 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2005 | 1,500 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 1,363 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 1,361 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,390 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 2,393 kg/ha | +72.2% |
| 2010 | 2,507 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 2,589 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 2,304 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 2,301 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,495 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,010 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 1,581 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2018 | 996.3 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2019 | 943.5 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 1,244 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 2021 | 1,497 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2022 | 1,502 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,587 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 1,304 kg/ha | -17.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1,304 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1,304 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +74.0% | 1,188 kg/ha | 2,066 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +72.2% | 1,390 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -56.0% | 1,304 kg/ha | 573.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,182 kg/ha | 573.6 kg/ha | 2,066 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 973.77 kg/ha | 732.3 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,385 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,414 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,536 kg/ha | 1,301 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,023 kg/ha | 943.5 kg/ha | 2,589 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,427 kg/ha | 1,244 kg/ha | 1,587 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Uganda?
- Rice — yield in Uganda was 1,304 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,589 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 573.6 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Uganda rank for rice — yield?
- Uganda ranks 104th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.