Rice production by region by country
Rice production is measured in tonnes per year.
Countries reporting
125
Highest
217.87 million tonnes
India
Lowest
0 tonnes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
250,090 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,453
What the numbers show
Rice production by region is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 217.87 million tonnes in India; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 250,090 tonnes, and the mean is 6.58 million tonnes.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 7,060.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Rice production by region: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 217.87 million tonnes | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 207.53 million tonnes | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 60.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 53.14 million tonnes | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 43.45 million tonnes | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Thailand | 33.55 million tonnes | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 7 | Myanmar | 27.65 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 19.09 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 14.59 million tonnes | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Cambodia | 14.20 million tonnes | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Brazil | 10.67 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 10.14 million tonnes | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 13 | United States | 10.08 million tonnes | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 14 | Nigeria | 9.13 million tonnes | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 6.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 16 | Nepal | 5.96 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 17 | Madagascar | 4.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 18 | South Korea | 4.78 million tonnes | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 4.70 million tonnes | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 4.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Laos | 3.75 million tonnes | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Guinea | 3.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 3.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Iran | 3.48 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 2.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 26 | Mali | 2.76 million tonnes | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.38 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 28 | North Korea | 2.25 million tonnes | 2024 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 29 | Malaysia | 2.10 million tonnes | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 30 | USSR | 1.99 million tonnes | 1991 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 31 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 90.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Ghana | 1.72 million tonnes | 2024 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Taiwan | 1.64 million tonnes | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 1.58 million tonnes | 2024 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | 1.56 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Italy | 1.45 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 1.39 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Uruguay | 1.31 million tonnes | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 1.26 million tonnes | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Russia | 1.26 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 41 | Guyana | 1.12 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 1.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Turkey | 1.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 958,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 654,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 46 | Australia | 619,180 tonnes | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Venezuela | 611,475 tonnes | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Spain | 605,820 tonnes | 2024 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 513,234 tonnes | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 512,982 tonnes | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 51 | Benin | 500,605 tonnes | 2024 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 498,969 tonnes | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Bolivia | 434,028 tonnes | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Mauritania | 431,700 tonnes | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 383,564 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 371,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 57 | Chad | 347,187 tonnes | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Cameroon | 345,583 tonnes | 2024 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Liberia | 322,400 tonnes | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 60 | Uganda | 300,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 282,720 tonnes | 2024 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 62 | Kenya | 282,152 tonnes | 2024 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Greece | 250,090 tonnes | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 243,900 tonnes | 2024 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Iraq | 227,508 tonnes | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Suriname | 225,923 tonnes | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 67 | Mexico | 219,588 tonnes | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 68 | Togo | 180,200 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Portugal | 172,120 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 70 | Mozambique | 169,311 tonnes | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 71 | Niger | 164,768 tonnes | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 163,549 tonnes | 2024 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Rwanda | 141,932 tonnes | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Burundi | 136,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 101.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Haiti | 135,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 76 | Malawi | 127,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 118,673 tonnes | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 85,536 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 84,331 tonnes | 2024 | down 85.6% | rising |
| 80 | France | 71,960 tonnes | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 65,840 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 64,214 tonnes | 2024 | down 71.4% | rising |
| 83 | East Timor | 62,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 52,868 tonnes | 2024 | up 312.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Gambia | 52,548 tonnes | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 86 | Angola | 48,340 tonnes | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 48,092 tonnes | 2024 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Bhutan | 41,537 tonnes | 2024 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 89 | South Sudan | 38,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 90 | Guatemala | 31,700 tonnes | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 91 | Sudan | 27,818 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 92 | Zambia | 24,566 tonnes | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Honduras | 23,433 tonnes | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 18,608 tonnes | 2024 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 95 | Belize | 16,777 tonnes | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 15,291 tonnes | 2024 | up 470.8% | volatile |
| 97 | French Guiana | 15,073 tonnes | 2006 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Ukraine | 15,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 14,400 tonnes | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 11,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 101 | Fiji | 8,598 tonnes | 2024 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 102 | Hungary | 8,560 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Morocco | 6,006 tonnes | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Brunei | 3,612 tonnes | 2024 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 3,498 tonnes | 2024 | up 7,060.6% | volatile |
| 106 | South Africa | 3,082 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 107 | Solomon Islands | 2,756 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Somalia | 2,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Gabon | 1,762 tonnes | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 1,006 tonnes | 2024 | up 5,489.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Congo | 1,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Eswatini | 1,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 882.53 tonnes | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 784.4 tonnes | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Algeria | 313.12 tonnes | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Reunion | 185 tonnes | 2006 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Micronesia (country) | 181.81 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 118 | Syria | 100 tonnes | 1996 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Zimbabwe | 73.5 tonnes | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Comoros | 5 tonnes | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Albania | 0 tonnes | 1995 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 121 | Hong Kong | 0 tonnes | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Jamaica | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritius | 0 tonnes | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 tonnes | 1991 | — | volatile |
About this data
Rice production is measured in tonnes per year.