Rice — Production by country
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Countries reporting
146
Highest
208.06 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Median
139,300 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,482
What the numbers show
Rice — Production is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 208.06 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 139,300 t, and the mean is 6.86 million t.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 894.8%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Rice — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 208.06 million t | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | India | 206.73 million t | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 206.60 million t | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 58.61 million t | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 53.98 million t | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 43.50 million t | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Thailand | 33.07 million t | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 8 | Myanmar | 25.65 million t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 9 | Philippines | 20.06 million t | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 14.80 million t | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 12.90 million t | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Brazil | 10.29 million t | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 13 | Japan | 10.14 million t | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 14 | Nigeria | 8.90 million t | 2023 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Nepal | 5.72 million t | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 5.60 million t | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 17 | Madagascar | 5.12 million t | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 4.90 million t | 2023 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 4.51 million t | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.83 million t | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3.60 million t | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 22 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.59 million t | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Guinea | 3.53 million t | 2023 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Peru | 3.37 million t | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Mali | 3.02 million t | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.01 million t | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 27 | Malaysia | 2.17 million t | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.01 million t | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 29 | USSR | 1.99 million t | 1991 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.81 million t | 2023 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.78 million t | 2023 | down 38.8% | flat |
| 32 | Senegal | 1.52 million t | 2023 | up 248.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Ghana | 1.46 million t | 2023 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.46 million t | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 1.40 million t | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Italy | 1.38 million t | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 37 | Uruguay | 1.37 million t | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Ecuador | 1.31 million t | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Caribbean | 1.22 million t | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 40 | Argentina | 1.16 million t | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 1.07 million t | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 42 | Guyana | 995,000 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Paraguay | 978,450 t | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 947,005 t | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Türkiye | 900,000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 46 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 722,370 t | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 698,544 t | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 597,000 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 504,254 t | 2023 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 498,969 t | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Australia | 496,633 t | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 496,633 t | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Benin | 492,626 t | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 485,183 t | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritania | 458,200 t | 2023 | up 126.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Panama | 436,135 t | 2023 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 57 | Burundi | 412,369 t | 2023 | up 894.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Cameroon | 358,433 t | 2023 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 355,674 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 60 | Spain | 334,100 t | 2023 | down 61.7% | rising |
| 61 | Uganda | 260,000 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Liberia | 256,200 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 63 | Mexico | 252,100 t | 2023 | up 40.2% | falling |
| 64 | Kenya | 229,064 t | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Guinea-Bissau | 226,400 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Chad | 223,952 t | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Suriname | 203,156 t | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 202,000 t | 2023 | up 118.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Greece | 190,440 t | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 70 | Togo | 183,100 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Portugal | 178,830 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 72 | Mozambique | 161,920 t | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 142,600 t | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Haiti | 136,000 t | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 134,485 t | 2023 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 76 | Rwanda | 133,628 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Cuba | 130,000 t | 2023 | down 80.7% | rising |
| 78 | Malawi | 124,300 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Chile | 109,232 t | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 86,617 t | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Timor-Leste | 83,000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 76,119 t | 2023 | down 66.1% | rising |
| 83 | France | 68,270 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 64,160 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 85 | Zambia | 62,680 t | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 56,222 t | 2023 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Gambia | 55,100 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 88 | Guatemala | 51,193 t | 2023 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 46,765 t | 2023 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Bhutan | 40,804 t | 2023 | down 48.2% | rising |
| 91 | Angola | 39,830 t | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Yugoslav SFR | 37,501 t | 1991 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 93 | Honduras | 34,870 t | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 94 | South Sudan | 33,000 t | 2023 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 95 | Sudan (former) | 25,000 t | 2011 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Sudan | 21,880 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 19,997 t | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 98 | Belize | 17,701 t | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 99 | French Guiana | 15,073 t | 2006 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 13,972 t | 2023 | up 189.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Iraq | 12,602 t | 2023 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Romania | 12,070 t | 2023 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Ukraine | 11,080 t | 2023 | down 92.4% | falling |
| 104 | El Salvador | 11,000 t | 2023 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 105 | Melanesia | 10,803 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 8,330 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Fiji | 7,165 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 108 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,700 t | 2023 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 3,628 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 2,753 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Somalia | 2,000 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Gabon | 1,731 t | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 113 | Eswatini | 1,001 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo | 1,000 t | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 885.01 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 816.48 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 326 t | 2023 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Algeria | 307.29 t | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Micronesia | 181.54 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 119 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 181.54 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 121 | Syrian Arab Republic | 100 t | 1996 | unchanged | volatile |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 73.5 t | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Comoros | 21.02 t | 2023 | up 600.7% | volatile |
| 124 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.06 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Albania | 0 t | 1995 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 125 | Belgium | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Czechia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Germany | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Denmark | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Estonia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Finland | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Croatia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Ireland | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Jamaica | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Lithuania | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Latvia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Malta | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Mauritius | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Poland | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Sweden | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t | 1991 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 800.00 million t
- Asia 716.78 million t
- Southern Asia 294.62 million t
- Eastern Asia 224.87 million t
- South-eastern Asia 195.25 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 164.06 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 131.59 million t
- Africa 42.67 million t
- Americas 36.71 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 33.80 million t
- South America 24.21 million t
- Western Africa 24.17 million t
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.