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Countries by rice production, 2024

India had the highest rice production of 135 countries in 2024, at 217,867,864 tonnes. Sweden had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 169,311 tonnes and the figure for the World was 820,223,278 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest217,867,864India
Lowest0Sweden
Median169,311135 countries
World820,223,278History

Top 40 countries, 2024

India: 217,867,864 tonnesIndia217,867,864China: 207,530,000 tonnesChina207,530,000Bangladesh: 60,570,453 tonnesBangladesh60,570,453Indonesia: 53,142,727 tonnesIndonesia53,142,727Vietnam: 43,450,449 tonnesVietnam43,450,449Thailand: 33,551,337 tonnesThailand33,551,337Myanmar: 27,650,000 tonnesMyanmar27,650,000Philippines: 19,087,135 tonnesPhilippines19,087,135Pakistan: 14,585,231 tonnesPakistan14,585,231Cambodia: 14,200,000 tonnesCambodia14,200,000Brazil: 10,671,490 tonnesBrazil10,671,490Japan: 10,142,000 tonnesJapan10,142,000United States: 10,075,780 tonnesUnited States10,075,780Nigeria: 9,129,900 tonnesNigeria9,129,900Egypt: 6,430,000 tonnesEgypt6,430,000Nepal: 5,955,500 tonnesNepal5,955,500Madagascar: 4,970,000 tonnesMadagascar4,970,000South Korea: 4,783,114 tonnesSouth Korea4,783,114Sri Lanka: 4,698,453 tonnesSri Lanka4,698,453Tanzania: 4,052,141 tonnesTanzania4,052,141Laos: 3,750,740 tonnesLaos3,750,740Guinea: 3,680,000 tonnesGuinea3,680,000Peru: 3,640,432 tonnesPeru3,640,432Iran: 3,478,820 tonnesIran3,478,820Colombia: 2,823,000 tonnesColombia2,823,000Mali: 2,756,344 tonnesMali2,756,344Côte d’Ivoire: 2,381,129 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire2,381,129North Korea: 2,250,000 tonnesNorth Korea2,250,000Malaysia: 2,102,960 tonnesMalaysia2,102,960Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,940,592 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,940,592Ghana: 1,721,200 tonnesGhana1,721,200Taiwan: 1,643,000 tonnesTaiwan1,643,000Senegal: 1,580,000 tonnesSenegal1,580,000Ecuador: 1,560,200 tonnesEcuador1,560,200Italy: 1,448,760 tonnesItaly1,448,760Sierra Leone: 1,390,800 tonnesSierra Leone1,390,800Uruguay: 1,305,900 tonnesUruguay1,305,900Argentina: 1,264,770 tonnesArgentina1,264,770Russia: 1,258,900 tonnesRussia1,258,900Guyana: 1,115,800 tonnesGuyana1,115,800India: 217,867,864 tonnesIndia217,867,864China: 207,530,000 tonnesChina207,530,000Bangladesh: 60,570,453 tonnesBangladesh60,570,453Indonesia: 53,142,727 tonnesIndonesia53,142,727Vietnam: 43,450,449 tonnesVietnam43,450,449Thailand: 33,551,337 tonnesThailand33,551,337Myanmar: 27,650,000 tonnesMyanmar27,650,000Philippines: 19,087,135 tonnesPhilippines19,087,135Pakistan: 14,585,231 tonnesPakistan14,585,231Cambodia: 14,200,000 tonnesCambodia14,200,000Brazil: 10,671,490 tonnesBrazil10,671,490Japan: 10,142,000 tonnesJapan10,142,000United States: 10,075,780 tonnesUnited States10,075,780Nigeria: 9,129,900 tonnesNigeria9,129,900Egypt: 6,430,000 tonnesEgypt6,430,000Nepal: 5,955,500 tonnesNepal5,955,500Madagascar: 4,970,000 tonnesMadagascar4,970,000South Korea: 4,783,114 tonnesSouth Korea4,783,114Sri Lanka: 4,698,453 tonnesSri Lanka4,698,453Tanzania: 4,052,141 tonnesTanzania4,052,141Laos: 3,750,740 tonnesLaos3,750,740Guinea: 3,680,000 tonnesGuinea3,680,000Peru: 3,640,432 tonnesPeru3,640,432Iran: 3,478,820 tonnesIran3,478,820Colombia: 2,823,000 tonnesColombia2,823,000Mali: 2,756,344 tonnesMali2,756,344Côte d’Ivoire: 2,381,129 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire2,381,129North Korea: 2,250,000 tonnesNorth Korea2,250,000Malaysia: 2,102,960 tonnesMalaysia2,102,960Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,940,592 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,940,592Ghana: 1,721,200 tonnesGhana1,721,200Taiwan: 1,643,000 tonnesTaiwan1,643,000Senegal: 1,580,000 tonnesSenegal1,580,000Ecuador: 1,560,200 tonnesEcuador1,560,200Italy: 1,448,760 tonnesItaly1,448,760Sierra Leone: 1,390,800 tonnesSierra Leone1,390,800Uruguay: 1,305,900 tonnesUruguay1,305,900Argentina: 1,264,770 tonnesArgentina1,264,770Russia: 1,258,900 tonnesRussia1,258,900Guyana: 1,115,800 tonnesGuyana1,115,800
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2024
tonnes		Change on 2023
1India217,867,864+4.9%
2China207,530,000+0.4%
3Bangladesh60,570,453-0.1%
4Indonesia53,142,727-1.6%
5Vietnam43,450,449-0.1%
6Thailand33,551,337-0.9%
7Myanmar27,650,000+7.8%
8Philippines19,087,135-4.8%
9Pakistan14,585,231-1.4%
10Cambodia14,200,000+7.7%
11Brazil10,671,490+3.8%
12Japan10,142,000+0.1%
13United States10,075,780+1.8%
14Nigeria9,129,900+2.6%
15Egypt6,430,000+3.2%
16Nepal5,955,500+4%
17Madagascar4,970,000-2.9%
18South Korea4,783,114-2.3%
19Sri Lanka4,698,453+4.1%
20Tanzania Estimated4,052,141+12.9%
21Laos3,750,740-3.8%
22Guinea3,680,000+4.1%
23Peru3,640,432+7%
24Iran Estimated3,478,820-0.2%
25Colombia Estimated2,823,000-6.1%
26Mali2,756,344-8.8%
27Côte d’Ivoire2,381,129+18.4%
28North Korea Estimated2,250,000+4.7%
29Malaysia2,102,960-3.3%
30Democratic Republic of the Congo1,940,592+7.1%
31Ghana1,721,200+19.3%
32Taiwan1,643,000+12.5%
33Senegal1,580,000+4%
34Ecuador1,560,200+18.8%
35Italy1,448,760+5.1%
36Sierra Leone1,390,800+5.7%
37Uruguay1,305,900-4.9%
38Argentina1,264,770+8.7%
39Russia1,258,900+17.3%
40Guyana Estimated1,115,800+10.9%
41Paraguay1,051,752+7.5%
42Türkiye1,019,000+13.2%
43Dominican Republic Estimated958,000+3.5%
44Afghanistan654,000+9.5%
45Australia619,180+24.7%
46Venezuela Estimated611,475-1.2%
47Spain605,820+81.3%
48Burkina Faso Estimated513,234+1.8%
49Kazakhstan512,982+5.7%
50Benin500,605+1.6%
51Bolivia434,028-37.9%
52Mauritania431,700-8.2%
53Uzbekistan383,564+7.8%
54Panama371,000-6.5%
55Chad347,187+55%
56Cameroon Estimated345,583+1.4%
57Liberia322,400-0.5%
58Uganda300,000-17.8%
59Ethiopia Estimated282,720+1.3%
60Kenya282,152+23.2%
61Greece250,090+31.3%
62Guinea-Bissau243,900+7.7%
63Iraq227,508+1,705.3%
64Suriname Estimated225,923-1.3%
65Mexico219,588-12.9%
66Togo180,200-1.6%
67Portugal172,120-3.8%
68Mozambique169,311+4.6%
69Niger164,768+15.6%
70Tajikistan Estimated163,549+1%
71Rwanda141,932+6.2%
72Burundi136,000+8.8%
73Haiti135,000-0.7%
74Malawi127,000+2.2%
75Chile118,673+8.6%
76Turkmenistan85,536-1.2%
77Cuba Estimated84,331+43.5%
78France71,960+5.4%
79Bulgaria65,840+2.6%
80Costa Rica64,214-15.6%
81Timor-Leste62,000-25.3%
82Central African Republic Estimated52,868-0.9%
83Gambia52,548+10.8%
84Angola48,340+21.4%
85Kyrgyzstan48,092+2.8%
86Bhutan41,537+1.8%
87South Sudan38,000+15.2%
88Guatemala Estimated31,700-38.1%
89Sudan Estimated27,818+27.1%
90Zambia24,566-60.8%
91Honduras23,433-31.3%
92North Macedonia18,608-6.9%
93Belize16,777-5.2%
94Azerbaijan Estimated15,291+9.4%
95Ukraine Estimated15,000+35.4%
96Romania14,400+19.3%
97El Salvador11,0000%
98Fiji8,598+20%
99Hungary8,560+2.8%
100Morocco6,006-89.3%
101Brunei3,612-3.1%
102Puerto Rico Estimated3,498-3.6%
103South Africa Estimated3,0820%
104Solomon Islands Estimated2,756+0.2%
105Somalia2,0000%
106Gabon Estimated1,762-0.4%
107Saudi Arabia Estimated1,006+10.9%
108Eswatini1,0000%
108Republic of the Congo1,0000%
110Papua New Guinea Estimated883+0.3%
111Trinidad and Tobago784+140.6%
112Algeria Estimated313+0.2%
113Micronesia Estimated182+0.1%
114Zimbabwe74-86.4%
115Comoros Estimated50%
116Belgium0n/a
116Croatia0n/a
116Cyprus0n/a
116Czechia0n/a
116Denmark0n/a
116Estonia0n/a
116Finland0n/a
116Germany0n/a
116Ireland0n/a
116Jamaica0n/a
116Latvia0n/a
116Lithuania0n/a
116Luxembourg0n/a
116Malta0n/a
116Mauritius0n/a
116Netherlands0n/a
116Poland0n/a
116Slovakia0n/a
116Slovenia0n/a
116Sweden0n/a

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 7 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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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