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 2020, the rice harvest area will be 388.59 thousand hectares with a production of 2.04 million tons of GKG