What is the difference in rice production between Bulgaria and Central African Republic?

12,972 tonnes, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Central African Republic?

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.

Bulgaria vs Central African Republic: Rice production

Bulgaria

65,840 tonnes

in 2024

Central African Republic

52,868 tonnes

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

81st

Central African Republic rank

84th

Rice production over time

Bulgaria
Central African Republic

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 65,840 tonnes against 52,868 tonnes in Central African Republic, a difference of 12,972 tonnes.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.2 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 81st and Central African Republic ranks 84th of 143 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Central African Republic in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Central African Republic	Difference	Ahead
1960s	42,817 tonnes	6,591 tonnes	36,226 tonnes	Bulgaria
1970s	62,447 tonnes	10,592 tonnes	51,855 tonnes	Bulgaria
1980s	60,946 tonnes	13,399 tonnes	47,547 tonnes	Bulgaria
1990s	11,686 tonnes	12,082 tonnes	395.5 tonnes	Central African Republic
2000s	25,805 tonnes	33,828 tonnes	8,022 tonnes	Central African Republic
2010s	60,484 tonnes	12,351 tonnes	48,134 tonnes	Bulgaria
2020s	63,650 tonnes	51,407 tonnes	12,243 tonnes	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice production, Bulgaria or Central African Republic?: Bulgaria, at 65,840 tonnes against 52,868 tonnes in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice production between Bulgaria and Central African Republic?: 12,972 tonnes, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Central African Republic?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Central African Republic rank globally for rice production?: Bulgaria ranks 81st and Central African Republic ranks 84th 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.