Sri Lanka vs Tanzania: Rice production

Sri Lanka

4.70 million tonnes

in 2024

Tanzania

4.05 million tonnes

in 2024

Sri Lanka rank

19th

Tanzania rank

20th

Rice production over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 4.70 million tonnes against 4.05 million tonnes in Tanzania, a difference of 646,310 tonnes.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 19th and Tanzania ranks 20th 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.