List of countries by rice production

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Rice production by country (2019)

This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457[1] metric tonnes.

In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.

Production by country

The table shows the countries with the largest production of rice in 2022 (

paddy rice).[1]

Rank Country/region Rice production
(tonnes)
>1,000,000 tonnes
1  China 208,494,800
2  India 196,245,700
3  Bangladesh 57,189,193
4  Indonesia 54,748,977
5  Vietnam 42,672,339
6  Thailand 34,317,028
7  Myanmar 24,680,200
8  Philippines 19,756,392
9  Cambodia 11,624,000
10  Pakistan 10,983,081
11  Brazil 10,776,268
12  Japan 10,363,900
13  Nigeria 8,502,000
14  United States 7,274,170
15  Egypt 5,800,000
16  Nepal 5,486,500
17  South Korea 4,998,223
18  Madagascar 4,585,000
19  Laos 3,594,800
20  Peru 3,449,365
21  Sri Lanka 3,392,905
22  Mali 2,864,723
23  Tanzania 2,856,500
24  Colombia 2,620,100
25  Guinea 2,523,305
26  Malaysia 2,364,453
27  North Korea 2,061,443
28  Ivory Coast 1,993,000
29  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,692,323
30  Taiwan 1,576,000
31  Iran 1,500,000
32  Senegal 1,409,120
33  Sierra Leone 1,397,000
34  Uruguay 1,372,700
35  Ghana 1,283,000
36  Ecuador 1,252,800
37  Italy 1,236,960
38  Argentina 1,222,426
39  Dominican Republic 1,149,000
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes
40  Turkey 950,000
41  Guyana 929,600
42  Russia 920,095
43  Paraguay 861,500
44  Uganda 730,000
45  Australia 691,444
46  Bolivia 608,681
47  Afghanistan 592,000
48  Benin 525,014
49  Nicaragua 504,391
50  Venezuela 478,473
51  Burkina Faso 438,982
52  Kazakhstan 431,391
53  Mauritania 403,000
54  Panama 390,000
55  Mozambique 365,000
56  Uzbekistan 359,147
57  Spain 350,420
58  Cameroon 343,103
59  Liberia 288,000
60  Suriname 266,204
61  Mexico 246,989
62  Chad 231,965
63  Guinea-Bissau 224,000
64  Greece 214,750
65  Ethiopia 208,000
66  Kenya 192,299
67  Cuba 183,932
68  Togo 169,608
69  Portugal 155,570
70  Malawi 147,000
71  Niger 144,000
72  Haiti 140,000
73  Rwanda 135,075
74  Burundi 127,484
75  Tajikistan 110,399
76  Costa Rica 103,740
77  Chile 100,557
10,000–100,000 tonnes
78  Turkmenistan 86,285
79  Timor-Leste 76,000
80  France 64,480
81  Bulgaria 64,320
82  Zambia 62,280
83  Central African Republic 51,773
84  Honduras 51,129
85  Morocco 49,110
86  Gambia 44,597
87  Kyrgyzstan 44,248
88  Bhutan 41,049
89  South Sudan 36,515
90  Sudan 33,000
91  Guatemala 32,000
92  El Salvador 23,000
93  North Macedonia 18,981
94  Romania 16,900
95  Belize 15,364
96  Fiji 12,991
97  Iraq 11,637
98  Azerbaijan 10,715
99  Angola 10,563
100  Hungary 10,150
1,000–10,000 tonnes
101  Brunei 4,200
102  Ukraine 3,090
103  South Africa 3,082
104  Solomon Islands 2,754
105  Zimbabwe 1,923
106  Gabon 1,730
107  Somalia 1,588
108  Republic of the Congo 1,000
109  Eswatini 1,000
<1,000 tonnes
110  Papua New Guinea 887
111  Saudi Arabia 815
112  Algeria 307
113  Puerto Rico 179
114  Federated States of Micronesia 178
115  Trinidad and Tobago 125
116  Comoros 5
117  Hong Kong 0.06

Historical statistics

World production

World production in tonnes[2]
Year Production
1961 215,646,627
1962 226,456,291
1963 247,119,204
1964 262,928,949
1965 254,059,657
1966 261,181,246
1967 277,386,339
1968 288,624,275
1969 295,584,346
1970 316,345,651
Year Production
1971 317,712,363
1972 307,289,867
1973 334,928,765
1974 331,970,539
1975 356,963,012
1976 347,686,382
1977 369,481,070
1978 385,208,660
1979 375,251,671
1980 396,871,220
Year Production
1981 410,075,138
1982 421,948,954
1983 448,016,205
1984 465,342,803
1985 468,164,482
1986 468,675,152
1987 461,439,818
1988 487,457,812
1989 514,421,550
1990 518,568,551
Year Production
1991 518,512,573
1992 527,878,059
1993 529,599,553
1994 538,591,043
1995 547,162,009
1996 568,658,020
1997 577,136,882
1998 578,813,971
1999 611,177,562
2000 598,668,144
Year Production
2001 600,246,670
2002 571,051,377
2003 586,931,574
2004 607,349,029
2005 634,225,538
2006 640,705,586
2007 653,970,131
2008 684,382,979
2009 680,265,683
2010 694,471,884
Year Production
2011 719,469,859
2012 727,680,662
2013 731,770,431
2014 730,801,993
2015 731,952,333
2016 734,073,708
2017 747,410,272
2018 759,066,702
2019 749,189,908
2020 756,743,722
Year Production
2021 787,293,867
2022 776,461,457

Large producers

Rice production in million tonnes[2]
Country 2020 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1961
 China 211.9 195.8 187.9 189.3 139.9 110.0 53.6
 India 178.3 144.0 127.5 111.2 80.3 63.3 53.4
 Bangladesh 54.9 50.1 37.6 26.8 20.8 16.7 14.4
 Indonesia 54.6 59.3 51.9 45.2 29.7 19.3 12.1
 Vietnam 42.8 40.0 32.5 19.2 11.6 10.2 9.0
 Thailand 30.2 35.7 25.8 17.2 17.4 13.9 10.2
 Myanmar 25.1 32.1 21.0 14.0 13.3 8.2 6.8
 Philippines 19.3 15.8 12.4 9.9 7.6 5.6 3.9
 Brazil 11.1 11.2 11.1 7.4 9.8 7.6 5.4
 United States 10.3 11.0 8.7 7.1 6.6 3.8 2.5
 Japan 9.7 10.7 11.9 13.1 12.2 16.5 16.2
 Pakistan 8.4 7.2 7.2 4.9 4.7 3.3 1.7
 Nigeria 8.2 4.5 3.3 2.5 1.1 0.3 1.3

References

  1. ^ a b "FAOSTAT". www.fao.org. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b FAO: World rice production (Crops > Items > Rice, paddy),
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