# 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.

## 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.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `rice_production`
- Unit: tonnes
- Note: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/rice_production

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | tonnes | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| World | 2024 | 820,223,278 | FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |
| United States | 2024 | 10,075,780 | FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/rice-production/countries.md) (142 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/rice-production/eu-countries.md) (26 places)