Which has higher rice production, Eswatini or Somalia?

Somalia, at 2,000 tonnes against 1,000 tonnes in Eswatini as of 2024.

What is the difference in rice production between Eswatini and Somalia?

1,000 tonnes, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Somalia?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Eswatini vs Somalia: Rice production

Eswatini

1,000 tonnes

in 2024

Somalia

2,000 tonnes

in 2024

Eswatini rank

111th

Somalia rank

108th

Rice production over time

Eswatini
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 2,000 tonnes against 1,000 tonnes in Eswatini, a difference of 1,000 tonnes.

That makes Somalia's figure about 2.0 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 111th and Somalia ranks 108th of 143 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	6,160 tonnes	0 tonnes	6,160 tonnes	Eswatini
1970s	5,274 tonnes	4,700 tonnes	574 tonnes	Eswatini
1980s	2,878 tonnes	12,890 tonnes	10,012 tonnes	Somalia
1990s	1,195 tonnes	5,835 tonnes	4,640 tonnes	Somalia
2000s	424.56 tonnes	10,806 tonnes	10,382 tonnes	Somalia
2010s	843.11 tonnes	2,984 tonnes	2,141 tonnes	Somalia
2020s	1,000 tonnes	2,017 tonnes	1,017 tonnes	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice production, Eswatini or Somalia?: Somalia, at 2,000 tonnes against 1,000 tonnes in Eswatini as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice production between Eswatini and Somalia?: 1,000 tonnes, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Somalia?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Somalia rank globally for rice production?: Eswatini ranks 111th and Somalia ranks 108th of 143 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rice production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 143 places, 7,453 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Rice production is measured in tonnes.