Rice production
Quantity of rice as paddy, the unhusked grain as harvested produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
Paddy weight. Milled rice, the measure some other sources use, weighs about two thirds as much. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
Key facts
- Rice production in the World was 820,223,278 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Rice production in the United States was 10,075,780 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- India had the highest rice production of 135 countries in 2024, at 217,867,864 tonnes, and Sweden the lowest, at 0 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Published for 143 places, with figures from 1961 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by rice production, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Madagascar
- Morocco
- Denmark
- Netherlands
- Jamaica
- Myanmar
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest rice production? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"rice_production","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=rice_production&level=country