What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, paddy between Bulgaria and Lithuania?

64,882 rice milled equivalent, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Lithuania?

27 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Lithuania: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy

Bulgaria

-208,565 rice milled equivalent

in 2019

Lithuania

-273,447 rice milled equivalent

in 2019

Bulgaria rank

164th

Lithuania rank

165th

Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time

Bulgaria
Lithuania

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports -208,565 rice milled equivalent against -273,447 rice milled equivalent in Lithuania, a difference of 64,882 rice milled equivalent.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Lithuania ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 164th and Lithuania ranks 165th of 179 countries.

Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	-17,741 rice milled equivalent	-6,347 rice milled equivalent	11,394 rice milled equivalent	Lithuania
2000s	-262,324 rice milled equivalent	-146,890 rice milled equivalent	115,434 rice milled equivalent	Lithuania
2010s	-344,121 rice milled equivalent	-208,646 rice milled equivalent	135,475 rice milled equivalent	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, paddy, Bulgaria or Lithuania?: Bulgaria, at -208,565 rice milled equivalent against -273,447 rice milled equivalent in Lithuania as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, paddy between Bulgaria and Lithuania?: 64,882 rice milled equivalent, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Lithuania?: 27 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2019.
How do Bulgaria and Lithuania rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?: Bulgaria ranks 164th and Lithuania ranks 165th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent)
Unit: rice milled equivalent
Source: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 7,665 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed: 24 August 2026

Net food imports are generated from FAOSTAT, taking Export level (tonnes) from the Import level (tonnes) [both under Trade: Crops and Livestock Products]. Net food imports are a proxy for the country's vulnerability to global food prices.