China vs India: Rice — Production, per capita
China
0.1475 t per person
in 2023
India
0.1438 t per person
in 2023
China rank
15th
India rank
16th
Rice — Production, per capita over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 0.1475 t per person against 0.1438 t per person in India, a difference of 0.0037 t per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
China ranks 15th and India ranks 16th of 120 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1174 t per person | 0.1103 t per person | 0.0071 t per person | China |
| 1970s | 0.1413 t per person | 0.111 t per person | 0.0304 t per person | China |
| 1980s | 0.1608 t per person | 0.117 t per person | 0.0438 t per person | China |
| 1990s | 0.1598 t per person | 0.1263 t per person | 0.0335 t per person | China |
| 2000s | 0.1411 t per person | 0.117 t per person | 0.0242 t per person | China |
| 2010s | 0.1525 t per person | 0.1229 t per person | 0.0297 t per person | China |
| 2020s | 0.1499 t per person | 0.1392 t per person | 0.0106 t per person | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — production, per capita, China or India?
- China, at 0.1475 t per person against 0.1438 t per person in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in rice — production, per capita between China and India?
- 0.0037 t per person, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and India rank globally for rice — production, per capita?
- China ranks 15th and India ranks 16th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rice — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rice — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.