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 116th out of 127 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
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 116th out of 127 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.