Rice production in India

Rice production in India was 217,867,864 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 4.9% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 135 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes217,867,864

Change on 2023+4.9%

Rank1st of 135Countries ranked

Series high217,867,8642024

Series low45,657,0081966

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Rice production in India, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	217,867,864
2023	207,753,551
2022	193,473,289
2021	195,241,449
2020	182,702,924
2019	175,071,504
2018	176,493,654
2017	165,796,206
2016	163,947,351
2015	158,254,968
2014	159,810,501
2013	156,554,655
2012	157,382,920
2011	162,151,287
2010	140,674,810
2009	135,206,915
2008	148,412,100
2007	143,831,100
2006	140,538,450
2005	133,760,400
2004	123,206,250
2003	131,033,400
2002	113,851,950
2001	139,080,000
2000	127,471,150
1999	136,255,650
1998	124,102,050
1997	122,920,037
1996	108,979,378
1995	115,635,150
1994	123,265,800
1993	117,522,900
1992	110,328,900
1991	111,513,150
1990	111,517,408
1989	110,310,608
1988	106,368,800
1987	85,338,704
1986	90,779,408
1985	95,817,696
1984	87,552,800
1983	90,048,000
1982	70,771,696
1981	79,883,008
1980	80,312,000
1979	63,475,696
1978	80,608,496
1977	79,005,600
1976	63,051,904
1975	73,352,000
1974	59,650,000
1973	66,077,008
1972	58,867,952
1971	64,602,000
1970	63,337,808
1969	60,644,544
1968	59,641,808
1967	56,418,304
1966	45,657,008
1965	45,883,504
1964	58,962,000
1963	55,497,008
1962	49,825,552
1961	53,494,496

Rankings

Countries by rice production 142 places
EU countries by rice production 26 places

Definition

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.

How to cite

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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510) (Rice production, India, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice production, India, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/india. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Rice production, India, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/india.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice production, India, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/india (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_rice_production_india_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510): Rice production, India, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/india. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

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