Rice production in Tanzania

Rice production in Tanzania was 4,052,141 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 12.9% from 2023. That is the 20th highest of 135 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes4,052,141 Estimated
Change on 2023+12.9%
Rank20th of 135Countries ranked
Series high4,527,5002020
Series low72,9541965

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Rice production in Tanzania, 1961 to 2024

01M2M3M4M5M19611971198119912001201120241961: 94,000 tonnes1962: 104,000 tonnes1963: 183,000 tonnes1964: 147,322 tonnes1965: 72,954 tonnes1966: 133,082 tonnes1967: 109,687 tonnes1968: 104,000 tonnes1969: 126,000 tonnes1970: 132,000 tonnes1971: 171,000 tonnes1972: 187,000 tonnes1973: 301,000 tonnes1974: 223,000 tonnes1975: 265,000 tonnes1976: 346,000 tonnes1977: 314,000 tonnes1978: 387,000 tonnes1979: 262,000 tonnes1980: 291,000 tonnes1981: 200,000 tonnes1982: 320,000 tonnes1983: 349,231 tonnes1984: 355,385 tonnes1985: 427,692 tonnes1986: 547,692 tonnes1987: 644,615 tonnes1988: 615,385 tonnes1989: 718,461 tonnes1990: 740,000 tonnes1991: 624,615 tonnes1992: 392,220 tonnes1993: 641,000 tonnes1994: 614,300 tonnes1995: 622,600 tonnes1996: 806,800 tonnes1997: 549,700 tonnes1998: 849,100 tonnes1999: 728,600 tonnes2000: 781,538 tonnes2001: 867,692 tonnes2002: 984,615 tonnes2003: 1,096,923 tonnes2004: 1,058,462 tonnes2005: 1,167,692 tonnes2006: 1,206,154 tonnes2007: 1,341,846 tonnes2008: 1,420,570 tonnes2009: 1,334,800 tonnes2010: 2,650,120 tonnes2011: 2,248,320 tonnes2012: 1,800,551 tonnes2013: 2,194,750 tonnes2014: 2,621,000 tonnes2015: 2,979,900 tonnes2016: 3,429,000 tonnes2017: 2,451,707 tonnes2018: 3,414,815 tonnes2019: 3,474,766 tonnes2020: 4,527,500 tonnes2021: 4,045,400 tonnes2022: 4,135,400 tonnes2023: 3,588,000 tonnes2024: 4,052,141 tonnes02M4M6M19611983200520241961: 94,000 tonnes1962: 104,000 tonnes1963: 183,000 tonnes1964: 147,322 tonnes1965: 72,954 tonnes1966: 133,082 tonnes1967: 109,687 tonnes1968: 104,000 tonnes1969: 126,000 tonnes1970: 132,000 tonnes1971: 171,000 tonnes1972: 187,000 tonnes1973: 301,000 tonnes1974: 223,000 tonnes1975: 265,000 tonnes1976: 346,000 tonnes1977: 314,000 tonnes1978: 387,000 tonnes1979: 262,000 tonnes1980: 291,000 tonnes1981: 200,000 tonnes1982: 320,000 tonnes1983: 349,231 tonnes1984: 355,385 tonnes1985: 427,692 tonnes1986: 547,692 tonnes1987: 644,615 tonnes1988: 615,385 tonnes1989: 718,461 tonnes1990: 740,000 tonnes1991: 624,615 tonnes1992: 392,220 tonnes1993: 641,000 tonnes1994: 614,300 tonnes1995: 622,600 tonnes1996: 806,800 tonnes1997: 549,700 tonnes1998: 849,100 tonnes1999: 728,600 tonnes2000: 781,538 tonnes2001: 867,692 tonnes2002: 984,615 tonnes2003: 1,096,923 tonnes2004: 1,058,462 tonnes2005: 1,167,692 tonnes2006: 1,206,154 tonnes2007: 1,341,846 tonnes2008: 1,420,570 tonnes2009: 1,334,800 tonnes2010: 2,650,120 tonnes2011: 2,248,320 tonnes2012: 1,800,551 tonnes2013: 2,194,750 tonnes2014: 2,621,000 tonnes2015: 2,979,900 tonnes2016: 3,429,000 tonnes2017: 2,451,707 tonnes2018: 3,414,815 tonnes2019: 3,474,766 tonnes2020: 4,527,500 tonnes2021: 4,045,400 tonnes2022: 4,135,400 tonnes2023: 3,588,000 tonnes2024: 4,052,141 tonnes
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
Periodtonnes
20244,052,141 Estimated
20233,588,000 Estimated
20224,135,400 Estimated
20214,045,400
20204,527,500
20193,474,766
20183,414,815
20172,451,707
20163,429,000
20152,979,900
20142,621,000
20132,194,750
20121,800,551
20112,248,320
20102,650,120
20091,334,800
20081,420,570
20071,341,846
20061,206,154
20051,167,692
20041,058,462
20031,096,923
2002984,615
2001867,692
2000781,538
1999728,600
1998849,100
1997549,700
1996806,800
1995622,600
1994614,300
1993641,000
1992392,220
1991624,615
1990740,000
1989718,461
1988615,385
1987644,615
1986547,692
1985427,692
1984355,385
1983349,231
1982320,000
1981200,000
1980291,000
1979262,000
1978387,000
1977314,000
1976346,000
1975265,000
1974223,000
1973301,000
1972187,000
1971171,000
1970132,000
1969126,000
1968104,000
1967109,687
1966133,082
196572,954
1964147,322
1963183,000
1962104,000
196194,000

Tanzania compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 654,000 tonnesAngola: 48,340 tonnesArgentina: 1,264,770 tonnesAustralia: 619,180 tonnesAzerbaijan: 15,291 tonnesBangladesh: 60,570,453 tonnesBelgium: 0 tonnesBurkina Faso: 513,234 tonnesBulgaria: 65,840 tonnesBurundi: 136,000 tonnesBenin: 500,605 tonnesBrunei: 3,612 tonnesBolivia: 434,028 tonnesBrazil: 10,671,490 tonnesBhutan: 41,537 tonnesBelize: 16,777 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 1,940,592 tonnesCentral African Republic: 52,868 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 1,000 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 2,381,129 tonnesChile: 118,673 tonnesCameroon: 345,583 tonnesChina: 207,530,000 tonnesColombia: 2,823,000 tonnesCosta Rica: 64,214 tonnesCuba: 84,331 tonnesCyprus: 0 tonnesCzechia: 0 tonnesGermany: 0 tonnesDenmark: 0 tonnesDominican Republic: 958,000 tonnesAlgeria: 313 tonnesEcuador: 1,560,200 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 6,430,000 tonnesSpain: 605,820 tonnesEthiopia: 282,720 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFiji: 8,598 tonnesFrance: 71,960 tonnesGabon: 1,762 tonnesGhana: 1,721,200 tonnesGambia: 52,548 tonnesGuinea: 3,680,000 tonnesGreece: 250,090 tonnesGuatemala: 31,700 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 243,900 tonnesGuyana: 1,115,800 tonnesHonduras: 23,433 tonnesCroatia: 0 tonnesHaiti: 135,000 tonnesHungary: 8,560 tonnesIndonesia: 53,142,727 tonnesIreland: 0 tonnesIndia: 217,867,864 tonnesIraq: 227,508 tonnesIran: 3,478,820 tonnesItaly: 1,448,760 tonnesJamaica: 0 tonnesJapan: 10,142,000 tonnesKenya: 282,152 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 48,092 tonnesCambodia: 14,200,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 2,250,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 4,783,114 tonnesKazakhstan: 512,982 tonnesLaos: 3,750,740 tonnesSri Lanka: 4,698,453 tonnesLiberia: 322,400 tonnesLithuania: 0 tonnesLuxembourg: 0 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesMorocco: 6,006 tonnesMadagascar: 4,970,000 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 18,608 tonnesMali: 2,756,344 tonnesMyanmar: 27,650,000 tonnesMauritania: 431,700 tonnesMauritius: 0 tonnesMalawi: 127,000 tonnesMexico: 219,588 tonnesMalaysia: 2,102,960 tonnesMozambique: 169,311 tonnesNiger: 164,768 tonnesNigeria: 9,129,900 tonnesNetherlands: 0 tonnesNepal: 5,955,500 tonnesPanama: 371,000 tonnesPeru: 3,640,432 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 883 tonnesPhilippines: 19,087,135 tonnesPakistan: 14,585,231 tonnesPoland: 0 tonnesPuerto Rico: 3,498 tonnesPortugal: 172,120 tonnesParaguay: 1,051,752 tonnesRomania: 14,400 tonnesRussia: 1,258,900 tonnesRwanda: 141,932 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 1,006 tonnesSolomon Islands: 2,756 tonnesSudan: 27,818 tonnesSweden: 0 tonnesSlovenia: 0 tonnesSlovakia: 0 tonnesSierra Leone: 1,390,800 tonnesSenegal: 1,580,000 tonnesSomalia: 2,000 tonnesSuriname: 225,923 tonnesSouth Sudan: 38,000 tonnesEl Salvador: 11,000 tonnesEswatini: 1,000 tonnesChad: 347,187 tonnesTogo: 180,200 tonnesThailand: 33,551,337 tonnesTajikistan: 163,549 tonnesTimor-Leste: 62,000 tonnesTurkmenistan: 85,536 tonnesTürkiye: 1,019,000 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 784 tonnesTaiwan: 1,643,000 tonnesTanzania: 4,052,141 tonnesUkraine: 15,000 tonnesUganda: 300,000 tonnesUnited States: 10,075,780 tonnesUruguay: 1,305,900 tonnesUzbekistan: 383,564 tonnesVenezuela: 611,475 tonnesVietnam: 43,450,449 tonnesSouth Africa: 3,082 tonnesZambia: 24,566 tonnesZimbabwe: 74 tonnes
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Rice production, 2024, tonnes. Tanzania is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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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, Tanzania, 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, Tanzania, 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/tanzania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, Tanzania, 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/tanzania.

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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, Tanzania, 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/tanzania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the rice production in Tanzania?

Rice production in Tanzania was 4,052,141 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 12.9% from 2023. That is the 20th highest of 135 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest rice production in Tanzania?

4,527,500 tonnes in 2020, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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