Rice production by country

Rice production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
139
Highest
217.87 million tonnes
India
Lowest
0 tonnes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
164,768 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,453

What the numbers show

Rice production is currently reported for 139 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 164,768 tonnes, and the mean is 5.90 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 7,060.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rice production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.94 million tonnes 2024 up 90.3% volatile
31 Ghana 1.72 million tonnes 2024 up 185.0% volatile
32 Taiwan 1.64 million tonnes 2024 down 5.2% falling
33 Senegal 1.58 million tonnes 2024 up 182.6% volatile
34 Ecuador 1.56 million tonnes 2024 up 40.9% volatile
35 Italy 1.45 million tonnes 2024 up 4.5% rising
36 Sierra Leone 1.39 million tonnes 2024 up 15.5% volatile
37 Uruguay 1.31 million tonnes 2024 down 3.1% volatile
38 Argentina 1.26 million tonnes 2024 down 20.0% volatile
39 Russia 1.26 million tonnes 2024 up 20.1% rising
40 Guyana 1.12 million tonnes 2024 up 14.2% volatile
41 Paraguay 1.05 million tonnes 2024 up 30.8% volatile
42 Turkey 1.02 million tonnes 2024 up 22.8% volatile
43 Dominican Republic 958,000 tonnes 2024 up 17.0% volatile
44 Afghanistan 654,000 tonnes 2024 down 18.4% rising
45 Australia 619,180 tonnes 2024 down 24.4% volatile
46 Venezuela 611,475 tonnes 2024 down 47.2% volatile
47 Spain 605,820 tonnes 2024 down 29.6% rising
48 Burkina Faso 513,234 tonnes 2024 up 47.7% volatile
49 Kazakhstan 512,982 tonnes 2024 up 36.1% rising
50 Benin 500,605 tonnes 2024 up 113.8% volatile
51 Nicaragua 498,969 tonnes 2023 up 34.2% volatile
52 Bolivia 434,028 tonnes 2024 down 10.3% volatile
53 Mauritania 431,700 tonnes 2024 up 47.2% volatile
54 Uzbekistan 383,564 tonnes 2024 up 7.7% falling
55 Panama 371,000 tonnes 2024 up 45.4% rising
56 Chad 347,187 tonnes 2024 up 14.2% volatile
57 Cameroon 345,583 tonnes 2024 up 125.5% volatile
58 Liberia 322,400 tonnes 2024 up 22.8% rising
59 Uganda 300,000 tonnes 2024 up 26.6% volatile
60 Ethiopia 282,720 tonnes 2024 up 114.5% rising
61 Kenya 282,152 tonnes 2024 up 151.3% volatile
62 Greece 250,090 tonnes 2024 up 9.0% rising
63 Guinea-Bissau 243,900 tonnes 2024 up 83.4% volatile
64 Iraq 227,508 tonnes 2024 down 43.6% volatile
65 Suriname 225,923 tonnes 2024 down 18.1% rising
66 Mexico 219,588 tonnes 2024 down 5.4% falling
67 Togo 180,200 tonnes 2024 up 21.8% volatile
68 Portugal 172,120 tonnes 2024 up 2.9% rising
69 Mozambique 169,311 tonnes 2024 down 34.9% rising
70 Niger 164,768 tonnes 2024 up 58.5% volatile
71 Tajikistan 163,549 tonnes 2024 up 104.6% volatile
72 Rwanda 141,932 tonnes 2024 up 95.2% volatile
73 Burundi 136,000 tonnes 2024 up 101.8% volatile
74 Haiti 135,000 tonnes 2024 down 6.0% rising
75 Malawi 127,000 tonnes 2024 down 3.8% volatile
76 Chile 118,673 tonnes 2024 down 12.0% rising
77 Turkmenistan 85,536 tonnes 2024 up 11.1% rising
78 Cuba 84,331 tonnes 2024 down 85.6% rising
79 France 71,960 tonnes 2024 down 13.8% rising
80 Bulgaria 65,840 tonnes 2024 up 21.6% flat
81 Costa Rica 64,214 tonnes 2024 down 71.4% rising
82 East Timor 62,000 tonnes 2024 down 30.2% volatile
83 Central African Republic 52,868 tonnes 2024 up 312.3% volatile
84 Gambia 52,548 tonnes 2024 up 12.6% rising
85 Angola 48,340 tonnes 2024 up 14.3% volatile
86 Kyrgyzstan 48,092 tonnes 2024 up 70.4% volatile
87 Bhutan 41,537 tonnes 2024 down 45.8% rising
88 South Sudan 38,000 tonnes 2024 up 142.1% rising
89 Guatemala 31,700 tonnes 2024 down 5.7% rising
90 Sudan 27,818 tonnes 2024 up 10.0% falling
91 Zambia 24,566 tonnes 2024 down 50.5% volatile
92 Honduras 23,433 tonnes 2024 down 65.1% volatile
93 North Macedonia 18,608 tonnes 2024 down 39.0% rising
94 Belize 16,777 tonnes 2024 up 3.2% volatile
95 Azerbaijan 15,291 tonnes 2024 up 470.8% volatile
96 French Guiana 15,073 tonnes 2006 down 51.3% volatile
97 Ukraine 15,000 tonnes 2024 down 70.5% falling
98 Romania 14,400 tonnes 2024 down 68.1% volatile
99 El Salvador 11,000 tonnes 2024 down 73.7% falling
100 Fiji 8,598 tonnes 2024 up 25.6% falling
101 Hungary 8,560 tonnes 2024 up 8.2% volatile
102 Morocco 6,006 tonnes 2024 down 81.8% volatile
103 Brunei 3,612 tonnes 2024 up 72.0% volatile
104 Puerto Rico 3,498 tonnes 2024 up 7,060.6% volatile
105 South Africa 3,082 tonnes 2024 up 0.8% rising
106 Solomon Islands 2,756 tonnes 2024 up 0.3% volatile
107 Somalia 2,000 tonnes 2024 up 233.3% volatile
108 Gabon 1,762 tonnes 2024 up 5.9% rising
109 Saudi Arabia 1,006 tonnes 2024 up 5,489.8% volatile
110 Congo 1,000 tonnes 2024 down 16.5% volatile
110 Eswatini 1,000 tonnes 2024 up 16.0% volatile
112 Papua New Guinea 882.53 tonnes 2024 up 5.4% falling
113 Trinidad and Tobago 784.4 tonnes 2024 down 73.1% volatile
114 Algeria 313.12 tonnes 2024 down 2.1% volatile
115 Reunion 185 tonnes 2006 up 101.1% volatile
116 Micronesia (country) 181.81 tonnes 2024 up 6.6% rising
117 Syria 100 tonnes 1996 unchanged volatile
118 Zimbabwe 73.5 tonnes 2024 down 94.3% volatile
119 Comoros 5 tonnes 2024 down 50.0% volatile
120 Albania 0 tonnes 1995 down 100.0% falling
120 Belgium 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Cyprus 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Czechia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Germany 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Denmark 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Estonia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Finland 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Hong Kong 0 tonnes 1996 down 100.0% volatile
120 Croatia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Jamaica 0 tonnes 2024 down 100.0% volatile
120 Lithuania 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Latvia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Mauritius 0 tonnes 2024 down 100.0% volatile
120 Netherlands 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Poland 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Slovakia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Slovenia 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Sweden 0 tonnes 2024 flat
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 tonnes 1991 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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.