Rice — Area harvested, per capita in World

World: Rice — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0209 ha per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.0209 ha per person
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
1st
of 2 groups
All-time high
0.0385 ha per person
in 1964
All-time low
0.0207 ha per person
in 2019
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Rice — Area harvested, per capita in World, 1961–2023

00.010.020.030.04196119922023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.

Analysis

World recorded 0.0209 ha per person for rice — area harvested, per capita in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per capita in World peaked at 0.0385 ha per person in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.0207 ha per person, in 2019.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Rice — Area harvested, per capita in World, year by year

Annual values for Rice — Area harvested, per capita in World, 1961 to 2023.
Year ha per person Change
1961 0.0377 ha per person
1962 0.0383 ha per person +1.7%
1963 0.0377 ha per person -1.5%
1964 0.0385 ha per person +1.9%
1965 0.0376 ha per person -2.2%
1966 0.0371 ha per person -1.4%
1967 0.0369 ha per person -0.6%
1968 0.0366 ha per person -0.7%
1969 0.0364 ha per person -0.6%
1970 0.0361 ha per person -0.8%
1971 0.0358 ha per person -0.9%
1972 0.0345 ha per person -3.7%
1973 0.0349 ha per person +1.3%
1974 0.0343 ha per person -1.7%
1975 0.0349 ha per person +1.6%
1976 0.0343 ha per person -1.7%
1977 0.0341 ha per person -0.5%
1978 0.0335 ha per person -1.8%
1979 0.0324 ha per person -3.4%
1980 0.0325 ha per person +0.5%
1981 0.0321 ha per person -1.3%
1982 0.0308 ha per person -4.1%
1983 0.0305 ha per person -0.9%
1984 0.0303 ha per person -0.8%
1985 0.0296 ha per person -2.1%
1986 0.0293 ha per person -1.3%
1987 0.0281 ha per person -3.9%
1988 0.0286 ha per person +1.8%
1989 0.0286 ha per person -0.0%
1990 0.0277 ha per person -3.0%
1991 0.0272 ha per person -2.0%
1992 0.0269 ha per person -1.0%
1993 0.0263 ha per person -2.3%
1994 0.0261 ha per person -0.8%
1995 0.0261 ha per person -0.0%
1996 0.0258 ha per person -1.0%
1997 0.0256 ha per person -0.8%
1998 0.0253 ha per person -1.1%
1999 0.0258 ha per person +1.9%
2000 0.025 ha per person -3.2%
2001 0.0243 ha per person -2.6%
2002 0.0234 ha per person -4.0%
2003 0.0232 ha per person -0.7%
2004 0.0232 ha per person +0.2%
2005 0.0236 ha per person +1.6%
2006 0.0233 ha per person -1.2%
2007 0.023 ha per person -1.5%
2008 0.0234 ha per person +1.6%
2009 0.0227 ha per person -2.9%
2010 0.023 ha per person +1.4%
2011 0.0229 ha per person -0.6%
2012 0.0224 ha per person -1.9%
2013 0.0225 ha per person +0.3%
2014 0.0221 ha per person -1.6%
2015 0.0217 ha per person -2.1%
2016 0.0216 ha per person -0.4%
2017 0.0214 ha per person -0.8%
2018 0.0213 ha per person -0.2%
2019 0.0207 ha per person -3.0%
2020 0.021 ha per person +1.6%
2021 0.0211 ha per person +0.3%
2022 0.021 ha per person -0.5%
2023 0.0209 ha per person -0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0374 ha per person 0.0364 ha per person 0.0385 ha per person 9
1970s 0.0345 ha per person 0.0324 ha per person 0.0361 ha per person 10
1980s 0.03 ha per person 0.0281 ha per person 0.0325 ha per person 10
1990s 0.0263 ha per person 0.0253 ha per person 0.0277 ha per person 10
2000s 0.0235 ha per person 0.0227 ha per person 0.025 ha per person 10
2010s 0.022 ha per person 0.0207 ha per person 0.023 ha per person 10
2020s 0.021 ha per person 0.0209 ha per person 0.0211 ha per person 4

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Cambodia 0.2066 ha per person compare
  2. 2 Guyana 0.197 ha per person compare
  3. 3 Guinea 0.1633 ha per person compare
  4. 4 Thailand 0.1561 ha per person compare

See the full ranking of 122 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rice — area harvested, per capita in World?
Rice — area harvested, per capita in World was 0.0209 ha per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 0.0385 ha per person in 1964.
What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0207 ha per person in 2019.
How does World rank for rice — area harvested, per capita?
World ranks 1st out of 2 groups with data for 2023.
Is rice — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this World data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Rice — Area harvested ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
122 places, 6,272 data points, 1961–2023
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Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.