Rice — Yield in World
World: Rice — Yield was 4,757 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
World recorded 4,757 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in World peaked at 4,764 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,869 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places World 16th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,869 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,896 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 2,057 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 2,102 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 2,035 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 2,078 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 2,175 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 2,233 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 2,254 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 2,381 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 2,362 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 2,324 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 2,452 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 2,425 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,519 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 2,451 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 2,572 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 2,684 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 2,659 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 2,748 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 2,827 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 2,980 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 3,137 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 3,226 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 3,257 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 3,244 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 3,265 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 3,330 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 3,454 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 3,529 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 3,532 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 3,595 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 3,624 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 3,668 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 3,655 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 3,701 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 3,812 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 3,797 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 3,907 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 3,878 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 3,951 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 3,875 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 3,945 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 4,022 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 4,081 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 4,125 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 4,211 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 4,313 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 4,333 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 4,309 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 4,452 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 4,525 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 4,513 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 4,525 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,556 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,553 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 4,585 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 4,654 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 4,687 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 4,692 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,744 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,718 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 4,764 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 4,757 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,078 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 2,254 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,483 kg/ha | 2,324 kg/ha | 2,684 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,147 kg/ha | 2,748 kg/ha | 3,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,682 kg/ha | 3,529 kg/ha | 3,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,073 kg/ha | 3,875 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,536 kg/ha | 4,309 kg/ha | 4,687 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,735 kg/ha | 4,692 kg/ha | 4,764 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,052 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guyana 6,654 kg/ha compare
- 19 Argentina 6,624 kg/ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 4,192 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in World?
- Rice — yield in World was 4,757 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 4,764 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,869 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for rice — yield?
- World ranks 16th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.