In 2019, The harvested area and rice production in Sumatera Utara Province is estimated at 413.14 thousand hectares with a production of 2,078.90 thousand tons of paddy. If converted to rice, rice production in North Sumatra Province in 2019 will reach around 1,186.35 thousand tons.

In 2020, the rice harvested area is estimated at 400.3 thousand hectares with a production of 2.07 million tons of GKG. If converted into rice, rice production in 2020 is estimated to reach 1.18 million tons.

In 2021, the rice harvested area will reach around 385.40 thousand hectares with a production of 2 million tons of GKG

In 2022, the rice harvested area is estimated at 423.52 thousand hectares with a production of around 2.13 million tons of GKG

In 2023, the rice harvest area will reach around 406.11 thousand hectares with Rice production was 2.087 million tons of milled dry grain (GKG)

In 2023, the rice harvest area is estimated to be 404.47 thousand hectares with rice production of around 2.08 million tons of milled dry grain (GKG).