Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent) by country
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.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
3.03 million rice milled equivalent
Philippines
Lowest
-6.59 million rice milled equivalent
France
Median
38,037 rice milled equivalent
Years covered
59
1961–2019
Data points
7,665
What the numbers show
Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 3.03 million rice milled equivalent in Philippines; the lowest is -6.59 million rice milled equivalent in France.
The median across all reporting countries is 38,037 rice milled equivalent, and the mean is 44,596 rice milled equivalent.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 103,638.0%), and the largest decrease in Vietnam (down 13,831.5%).
Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippines | 3.03 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Djibouti | 307,761 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 400.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 2.95 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 283.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Benin | 1.53 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran | 1.42 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 1.39 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.33 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Iraq | 1.29 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Ghana | 1.09 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 9 | Malaysia | 969,140 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 946,109 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Senegal | 891,565 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 843,635 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 14 | United States | 839,229 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 829,184 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Mexico | 744,751 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 700,245 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 2,217.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Brazil | 693,135 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Japan | 677,852 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Nepal | 594,415 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 477.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Kenya | 583,828 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 98.0% | volatile |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 573,561 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Guinea | 526,355 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 121.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Egypt | 493,022 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 6,399.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Haiti | 474,224 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Venezuela | 473,046 rice milled equivalent | 2017 | up 103,638.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 471,444 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 469,450 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Somalia | 455,799 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Turkey | 443,210 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 555.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 406,843 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 274.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 398,998 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 445.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 396,654 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Singapore | 321,549 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Hong Kong | 316,604 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 36 | South Korea | 299,466 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Peru | 292,732 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Belgium | 292,672 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Liberia | 285,647 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Netherlands | 278,820 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 133.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Kuwait | 258,782 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Oman | 257,395 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Togo | 212,112 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 156.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 209,722 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 618.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 205,976 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 1,233.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Gambia | 205,319 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 47 | Jordan | 199,785 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Qatar | 194,861 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Italy | 191,328 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Tanzania | 190,300 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 385.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 188,040 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 52 | Colombia | 186,128 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Israel | 179,120 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Libya | 175,575 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 606.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Uganda | 163,018 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 56 | North Korea | 161,150 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Chile | 155,311 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 150,116 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Portugal | 135,861 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Algeria | 125,237 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Mali | 120,490 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Switzerland | 119,053 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 118,394 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Rwanda | 112,209 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Honduras | 111,491 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 66 | Taiwan | 111,066 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Poland | 95,649 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 375.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Lebanon | 90,313 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Sudan | 90,001 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 433.0% | volatile |
| 70 | East Timor | 89,959 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Guatemala | 88,569 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Bangladesh | 82,584 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 82,452 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 74 | Congo | 82,436 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 75 | Jamaica | 81,420 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 76 | Syria | 80,641 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Bahrain | 76,780 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 78 | El Salvador | 62,357 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 59,425 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 80 | Palestine | 56,740 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 81 | Mauritius | 54,646 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 82 | New Zealand | 53,249 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Panama | 52,036 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Comoros | 47,174 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 85 | Mongolia | 43,572 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Spain | 40,020 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Brunei | 39,633 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 39,226 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 308.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Morocco | 38,037 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 223.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Fiji | 37,719 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 25.1% | flat |
| 91 | Eswatini | 37,051 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 92 | Bhutan | 36,548 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Cape Verde | 35,539 rice milled equivalent | 2017 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Macao | 34,329 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 95 | Botswana | 34,168 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 31,135 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Greece | 28,389 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Belarus | 25,788 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Norway | 25,724 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 24,721 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Thailand | 24,148 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Tunisia | 22,531 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 104 | South Sudan | 21,362 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 21,012 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Namibia | 20,734 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 460.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Albania | 19,536 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16,121 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 109 | Burundi | 15,267 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 110 | Lesotho | 13,013 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,771 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Samoa | 11,755 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Bolivia | 11,415 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Armenia | 11,312 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 115 | French Polynesia | 10,024 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Cyprus | 8,413 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Bahamas | 8,366 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 161.9% | rising |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7,972 rice milled equivalent | 2014 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 119 | Seychelles | 7,816 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7,230 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 121 | Slovenia | 7,174 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Chad | 6,942 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 812.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Pakistan | 6,864 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Georgia | 6,516 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 125 | New Caledonia | 5,277 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | down 49.8% | rising |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 4,912 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Barbados | 4,342 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 128 | Malawi | 4,249 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 129 | India | 3,892 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Malta | 3,849 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 3,620 rice milled equivalent | 2013 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | 2,893 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 133 | Myanmar | 2,257 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,896 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Dominica | 1,617 rice milled equivalent | 2017 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,552 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | — | falling |
| 137 | Grenada | 1,503 rice milled equivalent | 2018 | — | rising |
| 138 | Iceland | 1,468 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 139 | Montenegro | 1,423 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 140 | Eritrea | 969 rice milled equivalent | 2014 | up 1,728.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 897 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 142 | Ecuador | 183 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 160.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Guyana | 78 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 144 | North Macedonia | -2,950 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 6,655.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Suriname | -3,091 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 924.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Belize | -6,517 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 3,062.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Austria | -10,051 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Luxembourg | -10,414 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 149 | Ireland | -22,205 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Croatia | -24,905 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 509.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Serbia | -38,329 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 1,645.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Moldova | -43,846 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Slovakia | -46,450 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Uzbekistan | -46,665 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 1,460.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Uruguay | -71,436 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 13,811.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Vietnam | -71,953 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 13,831.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Niger | -76,029 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 140.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Laos | -89,473 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Finland | -103,985 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 152.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Czechia | -119,731 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Sweden | -148,800 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Latvia | -197,254 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Bulgaria | -208,565 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Lithuania | -273,447 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Estonia | -358,830 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 482.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Hungary | -374,401 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 102.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Denmark | -482,706 rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 168 | United Kingdom | -1.04 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 267.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Romania | -1.06 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 111.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Germany | -1.18 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Kazakhstan | -1.62 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 436.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Canada | -1.64 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Ukraine | -2.27 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Argentina | -2.51 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 149.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Australia | -2.66 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Paraguay | -2.99 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Russia | -3.70 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 178 | France | -6.59 million rice milled equivalent | 2019 | down 55.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 964,486 rice milled equivalent
- Central African Republic 25,381 rice milled equivalent
About this data
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.