Table A.4.2 Rice (paddy): area, yield and production (countries with more than 10000ha rice)

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  Area (harvested) '000 ha Yield (kg/ha) Production ('000 tonnes)
1969/71 1979/81 1989/91 1969/71 1979/81 1989/91 1969/71 1979/81 1989/91
World 133101 143787 147588 2329 2753 3515 309903 395862 518744
All developing countries 128565 138942 143249 2228 2667 3447 286392 370624 493787
93 Developing countries 127701 138 138 142679 2218 2660 3443 283285 367460 491265
Sub-Saharan Africa 3477 4465 6144 1344 1356 1579 4673 6054 9703
Angola 21 20 18 1188 1000 1039 25 20 19
Burkina Faso 40 39 21 933 1140 2083 37 44 43
Burundi 3 4 12 1586 2366 3260 5 10 40
Cameroon 16 21 12 841 2272 5565 13 48 69
Central African Rep. 14 14 8 647 1000 1183 9 14 10
Chad 44 43 39 964 896 2 038 42 39 80
Cote d'Ivoire 287 383 563 1168 1171 1174 335 448 661
Gambia 28 23 14 1414 1603 1493 39 37 21
Ghana 55 107 72 000 837 1418 55 89 102
Guinea 411 486 800 886 899 756 364 438 605
Kenya 6 8 15 4754 4631 4027 27 39 59
Liberia 154 203 168 1194 1252 969 184 254 163
Madagascar 992 1182 1140 1911 1738 2089 1894 2055 2381
Malawi 23 37 29 1036 1074 1735 23 39 51
Mali 158 165 222 1017 1026 1614 161 169 358
Mauritania 1 3 14 1000 3656 3476 1 12 50
Mozambique 76 92 109 1303 810 758 99 74 83
Niger 16 20 31 2092 1537 2463 34 31 76
Nigeria 272 517 1567 1293 1988 1912 352 1 027 2996
Senegal 91 74 75 1293 1300 2300 118 96 173
Sierra Leone 331 403 384 1432 1250 1243 474 504 478
Sudan 5 11 1 1111 845 1286 5 9 1
Tanzania 144 262 348 991 959 2039 143 251 709
Togo 25 18 22 709 798 1437 18 15 31
Uganda 16 12 35 819 1342 1331 13 16 46
Zaire 236 293 393 755 806 891 178 236 350
Zambia 1 5 12 400 489 992 0 2 12
Near East/North
Africa		 1219 1170 1282 3728 4006 4660 4545 4686 5974
Afghanistan 203 190 173 1847 2179 1907 374 415 329
Egypt 487 416 437 5275 5709 7086 2566 2377 3098
Iran 362 434 539 2875 3211 3831 1041 1394 2064
Iraq 97 56 79 2775 2888 2731 268 162 217
Turkey 63 67 51 4106 4721 4976 257 314 253
East Asia 65750 70046 71572 2684 3387 4327 176480 237212 309695
Cambodia 2074 1262 1543 1454 1071 1568 3016 1352 2420
China (Mainland) 32537 33648 32785 3281 4236 5625 106753 142538 184424
Indonesia 8158 9064 10438 2346 3262 4298 19136 29570 44864
Korea DPR 563 635 667 4 246 7 454 7 950 2 392 4733 5300
Korea Republic 1204 1230 1237 4628 5512 6231 5574 6780 7705
Laos 665 722 597 1309 1419 2 299 870 1025 1373
Malaysia 708 722 665 2397 2844 2842 1696 2053 1891
Myanmar 4748 4684 4709 1707 2698 2900 8107 12637 13656
Philippines 3241 3513 3414 1683 2205 2778 5456 7747 9484
Thailand 7070 8986 9443 1933 1888 2034 13668 16967 19205
Vietnam 4782 5579 6075 2052 2117 3189 9812 11809 19374
South Asia 50881 54476 57012 1702 1910 2603 86591 104022 148420
Bangladesh 9842 10310 10386 1681 1952 2593 16540 20125 26935
India 37677 40091 42318 1668 1860 2621 62861 74557 110921
Nepal 1186 1275 1433 1937 1851 2352 2296 2361 3372
Pakistan 1527 1981 2106 2246 2465 2309 3431 4884 4862
Sri Lanka 650 819 770 2252 2557 3028 1463 2093 2330

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