Rice — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Rice — Yield was 5,338 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Western Europe stood at 5,338 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Western Europe peaked at 6,092 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,172 kg/ha, in 1977.
Western Europe ranks 14th 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,051 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,188 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 3,975 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 4,061 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 3,294 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1966 | 3,656 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1967 | 4,303 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1968 | 3,464 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1969 | 4,163 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 4,218 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 3,788 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1972 | 2,316 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1973 | 4,360 kg/ha | +88.3% |
| 1974 | 3,397 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1975 | 4,157 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1976 | 3,897 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 2,172 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 1978 | 3,256 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1979 | 4,348 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1980 | 3,833 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 3,792 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 5,018 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1983 | 5,429 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 3,870 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1985 | 5,496 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1986 | 5,130 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 4,978 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 5,224 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 6,037 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 5,946 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 5,327 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1992 | 5,245 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 4,963 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 4,570 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 4,863 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 5,246 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 5,892 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 5,828 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 6,092 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 5,836 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 5,360 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 5,691 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 5,605 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 5,710 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 5,731 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 5,476 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 4,635 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 5,760 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2009 | 5,741 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 5,043 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 5,626 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 5,595 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 3,940 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2014 | 4,978 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2015 | 5,001 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 4,804 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 5,397 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 5,379 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 5,468 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 5,270 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 5,182 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 5,483 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 5,633 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 5,338 kg/ha | -5.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +88.3% | 2,316 kg/ha | 4,360 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,906 kg/ha | 3,294 kg/ha | 4,303 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,591 kg/ha | 2,172 kg/ha | 4,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,881 kg/ha | 3,792 kg/ha | 6,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,397 kg/ha | 4,570 kg/ha | 6,092 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,554 kg/ha | 4,635 kg/ha | 5,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,123 kg/ha | 3,940 kg/ha | 5,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,381 kg/ha | 5,182 kg/ha | 5,633 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 11 Spain 7,049 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 3,106 kg/ha compare
- 12 El Salvador 7,020 kg/ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,575 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 7,005 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -0.4719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Western Europe?
- Rice — yield in Western Europe was 5,338 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,092 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,172 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Western Europe rank for rice — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.