Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Rice production

Nepal

5.96 million tonnes

in 2024

Sri Lanka

4.70 million tonnes

in 2024

Nepal rank

16th

Sri Lanka rank

19th

Rice production over time

Nepal currently reports 5.96 million tonnes against 4.70 million tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1.26 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 16th and Sri Lanka ranks 19th of 142 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Rice production is measured in tonnes.