Laos vs Sri Lanka: Rice production

Laos
3.75 million tonnes
in 2024
Sri Lanka
4.70 million tonnes
in 2024
Laos rank
21st
Sri Lanka rank
19th

Rice production over time

  • Laos
  • Sri Lanka
1.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M196119922024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 4.70 million tonnes against 3.75 million tonnes in Laos, a difference of 947,710 tonnes.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.3 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Laos ranks 21st and Sri Lanka ranks 19th of 142 countries.

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About this data

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

Rice production is measured in tonnes.