Rice — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Rice — Yield was 6,842 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Western Asia stood at 6,842 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Western Asia peaked at 7,795 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,508 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Western Asia 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,580 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,202 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 3,266 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 3,492 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 3,405 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 3,314 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 3,360 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 3,586 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 3,249 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 3,162 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 3,428 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 3,249 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 3,411 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 3,571 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 3,679 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 4,003 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 3,899 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 3,916 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 3,980 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 3,770 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 3,868 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 3,804 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 3,579 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 3,770 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 3,730 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 3,956 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 3,829 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 3,974 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 4,049 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 3,655 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 3,081 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1992 | 2,850 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 2,770 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 2,869 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 2,508 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 3,154 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1997 | 2,971 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 3,293 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 2,699 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 2,664 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 3,111 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2002 | 3,835 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2003 | 4,883 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 4,673 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 4,723 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 4,708 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 4,768 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 5,417 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 6,058 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 6,863 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 6,824 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 6,200 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 6,506 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 6,549 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 7,297 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 7,081 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 6,997 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 7,479 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 6,141 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2020 | 6,314 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 6,258 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 7,614 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2023 | 7,795 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 6,842 kg/ha | -12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,384 kg/ha | 3,202 kg/ha | 3,586 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,630 kg/ha | 3,162 kg/ha | 4,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,833 kg/ha | 3,579 kg/ha | 4,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,985 kg/ha | 2,508 kg/ha | 3,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,484 kg/ha | 2,664 kg/ha | 6,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,794 kg/ha | 6,141 kg/ha | 7,479 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,964 kg/ha | 6,258 kg/ha | 7,795 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Uruguay 9,352 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,639 kg/ha compare
- 5 Egypt 9,132 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,518 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 8,385 kg/ha compare
- 7 Peru 8,307 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,484 kg/ha compare
- 8 Greece 7,922 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,108 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 7,154 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Western Asia?
- Rice — yield in Western Asia was 6,842 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,795 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,508 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Western Asia rank for rice — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.