Abstract: The study examined the effects of some socio-economic factors on small-scale rice farmers’ output in Abuja, Nigeria. The population for the study included all small-scale rice farmers. A simple random technique was adopted for sample selection while semi-structured questionnaires were used for data collection. A total of 88 rice farmers drawn from all the agricultural zones (eastern, central, western and northern zones) were used for the study. Descriptive and multiple regression statistics were used to analyze the data. The results of a semi-log function (lead equation) indicated that fertilizer application, cost of chemicals (other than organic fertilizers) and farm size were the significant factors influencing rice output at 5% alpha level while the quantity of seed planted was significant at 10%. The R2 indicated that the socio-economic factors accounted for 37.60% variation in rice output. The average farm size was 1.84 ha with mean rice output per farmer and per hectare as 1349.50 and 730.367 kg, respectively. The fertilizer application rate was 107.32 kg ha-1 while the seed rate was 62.66 kg ha-1. The socio-economic characteristics showed that majority (90.91%) of the farmers were married with mean household size, age, education, years of farming experience as 8, 44, 7 and 14 years, respectively. Majority of the farmers indicated that their main reasons for cultivating rice were to get income and for household consumption. Although not all the variables were significant but based on the value of R2 (0.376), the paper concluded that the farmers’ socio-economic variables contributed significantly to the output of rice in the study area.