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Countries by rice production

China had the highest rice production of 136 countries in 2021, at 212,843,000 tonnes. Sweden had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 180,950 tonnes and the figure for the World was 791,062,869 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Map of countries, 2021

Afghanistan: 622,300 tonnesAngola: 10,514 tonnesArgentina: 1,453,187 tonnesAustralia: 422,978 tonnesAzerbaijan: 10,062 tonnesBangladesh: 56,772,472 tonnesBelgium: 0 tonnesBurkina Faso: 451,014 tonnesBulgaria: 58,120 tonnesBurundi: 120,000 tonnesBenin: 519,667 tonnesBrunei: 4,100 tonnesBolivia: 550,182 tonnesBrazil: 11,660,605 tonnesBhutan: 40,508 tonnesBelize: 14,990 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 1,580,620 tonnesCentral African Republic: 50,265 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 1,000 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 1,659,000 tonnesChile: 146,085 tonnesCameroon: 315,300 tonnesChina: 212,843,000 tonnesColombia: 2,980,400 tonnesCosta Rica: 151,018 tonnesCuba: 225,786 tonnesCyprus: 0 tonnesCzechia: 0 tonnesGermany: 0 tonnesDenmark: 0 tonnesDominican Republic: 1,006,394 tonnesAlgeria: 315 tonnesEcuador: 1,207,000 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 4,241,894 tonnesSpain: 617,180 tonnesEthiopia: 278,273 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFiji: 10,368 tonnesFrance: 62,340 tonnesGabon: 1,758 tonnesGhana: 1,143,000 tonnesGambia: 40,173 tonnesGuinea: 2,839,900 tonnesGreece: 245,340 tonnesGuatemala: 24,143 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 213,918 tonnesGuyana: 860,000 tonnesHonduras: 53,819 tonnesCroatia: 0 tonnesHaiti: 155,000 tonnesHungary: 9,520 tonnesIndonesia: 54,415,294 tonnesIreland: 0 tonnesIndia: 195,241,449 tonnesIraq: 422,463 tonnesIran: 3,032,900 tonnesItaly: 1,459,310 tonnesJamaica: 0 tonnesJapan: 10,616,200 tonnesKenya: 186,000 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 46,338 tonnesCambodia: 12,207,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 2,100,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 5,211,037 tonnesKazakhstan: 503,771 tonnesLaos: 3,660,550 tonnesSri Lanka: 5,149,596 tonnesLiberia: 255,600 tonnesLithuania: 0 tonnesLuxembourg: 0 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesMorocco: 50,901 tonnesMadagascar: 4,570,673 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 18,962 tonnesMali: 2,420,245 tonnesMyanmar: 27,438,300 tonnesMauritania: 428,400 tonnesMauritius: 0 tonnesMalawi: 155,000 tonnesMexico: 257,041 tonnesMalaysia: 2,441,597 tonnesMozambique: 207,821 tonnesNiger: 134,000 tonnesNigeria: 8,342,000 tonnesNicaragua: 492,028 tonnesNetherlands: 0 tonnesNepal: 5,130,625 tonnesPanama: 406,370 tonnesPeru: 3,538,444 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 879 tonnesPhilippines: 19,960,170 tonnesPakistan: 13,984,009 tonnesPoland: 0 tonnesPuerto Rico: 2,732 tonnesPortugal: 175,900 tonnesParaguay: 1,180,600 tonnesRomania: 14,980 tonnesRussia: 1,076,412 tonnesRwanda: 131,758 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 814 tonnesSolomon Islands: 2,759 tonnesSudan: 35,000 tonnesSweden: 0 tonnesSlovenia: 0 tonnesSlovakia: 0 tonnesSierra Leone: 1,978,905 tonnesSenegal: 1,382,120 tonnesSomalia: 2,000 tonnesSuriname: 263,749 tonnesSouth Sudan: 26,024 tonnesEl Salvador: 19,146 tonnesEswatini: 1,000 tonnesChad: 242,647 tonnesTogo: 165,541 tonnesThailand: 32,117,024 tonnesTajikistan: 141,700 tonnesTimor-Leste: 45,455 tonnesTurkmenistan: 86,214 tonnesTürkiye: 1,000,000 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 351 tonnesTaiwan: 1,560,870 tonnesTanzania: 4,045,400 tonnesUkraine: 49,480 tonnesUganda: 327,900 tonnesUnited States: 8,665,970 tonnesUruguay: 1,309,000 tonnesUzbekistan: 334,226 tonnesVenezuela: 593,932 tonnesVietnam: 43,852,729 tonnesSouth Africa: 3,081 tonnesZambia: 65,876 tonnesZimbabwe: 2,908 tonnes
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tonnes, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2021

China: 212,843,000 tonnesChina212,843,000India: 195,241,449 tonnesIndia195,241,449Bangladesh: 56,772,472 tonnesBangladesh56,772,472Indonesia: 54,415,294 tonnesIndonesia54,415,294Vietnam: 43,852,729 tonnesVietnam43,852,729Thailand: 32,117,024 tonnesThailand32,117,024Myanmar: 27,438,300 tonnesMyanmar27,438,300Philippines: 19,960,170 tonnesPhilippines19,960,170Pakistan: 13,984,009 tonnesPakistan13,984,009Cambodia: 12,207,000 tonnesCambodia12,207,000Brazil: 11,660,605 tonnesBrazil11,660,605Japan: 10,616,200 tonnesJapan10,616,200United States: 8,665,970 tonnesUnited States8,665,970Nigeria: 8,342,000 tonnesNigeria8,342,000South Korea: 5,211,037 tonnesSouth Korea5,211,037Sri Lanka: 5,149,596 tonnesSri Lanka5,149,596Nepal: 5,130,625 tonnesNepal5,130,625Madagascar: 4,570,673 tonnesMadagascar4,570,673Egypt: 4,241,894 tonnesEgypt4,241,894Tanzania: 4,045,400 tonnesTanzania4,045,400Laos: 3,660,550 tonnesLaos3,660,550Peru: 3,538,444 tonnesPeru3,538,444Iran: 3,032,900 tonnesIran3,032,900Colombia: 2,980,400 tonnesColombia2,980,400Guinea: 2,839,900 tonnesGuinea2,839,900Malaysia: 2,441,597 tonnesMalaysia2,441,597Mali: 2,420,245 tonnesMali2,420,245North Korea: 2,100,000 tonnesNorth Korea2,100,000Sierra Leone: 1,978,905 tonnesSierra Leone1,978,905Côte d’Ivoire: 1,659,000 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire1,659,000Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,580,620 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,580,620Taiwan: 1,560,870 tonnesTaiwan1,560,870Italy: 1,459,310 tonnesItaly1,459,310Argentina: 1,453,187 tonnesArgentina1,453,187Senegal: 1,382,120 tonnesSenegal1,382,120Uruguay: 1,309,000 tonnesUruguay1,309,000Ecuador: 1,207,000 tonnesEcuador1,207,000Paraguay: 1,180,600 tonnesParaguay1,180,600Ghana: 1,143,000 tonnesGhana1,143,000Russia: 1,076,412 tonnesRussia1,076,412China: 212,843,000 tonnesChina212,843,000India: 195,241,449 tonnesIndia195,241,449Bangladesh: 56,772,472 tonnesBangladesh56,772,472Indonesia: 54,415,294 tonnesIndonesia54,415,294Vietnam: 43,852,729 tonnesVietnam43,852,729Thailand: 32,117,024 tonnesThailand32,117,024Myanmar: 27,438,300 tonnesMyanmar27,438,300Philippines: 19,960,170 tonnesPhilippines19,960,170Pakistan: 13,984,009 tonnesPakistan13,984,009Cambodia: 12,207,000 tonnesCambodia12,207,000Brazil: 11,660,605 tonnesBrazil11,660,605Japan: 10,616,200 tonnesJapan10,616,200United States: 8,665,970 tonnesUnited States8,665,970Nigeria: 8,342,000 tonnesNigeria8,342,000South Korea: 5,211,037 tonnesSouth Korea5,211,037Sri Lanka: 5,149,596 tonnesSri Lanka5,149,596Nepal: 5,130,625 tonnesNepal5,130,625Madagascar: 4,570,673 tonnesMadagascar4,570,673Egypt: 4,241,894 tonnesEgypt4,241,894Tanzania: 4,045,400 tonnesTanzania4,045,400Laos: 3,660,550 tonnesLaos3,660,550Peru: 3,538,444 tonnesPeru3,538,444Iran: 3,032,900 tonnesIran3,032,900Colombia: 2,980,400 tonnesColombia2,980,400Guinea: 2,839,900 tonnesGuinea2,839,900Malaysia: 2,441,597 tonnesMalaysia2,441,597Mali: 2,420,245 tonnesMali2,420,245North Korea: 2,100,000 tonnesNorth Korea2,100,000Sierra Leone: 1,978,905 tonnesSierra Leone1,978,905Côte d’Ivoire: 1,659,000 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire1,659,000Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,580,620 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,580,620Taiwan: 1,560,870 tonnesTaiwan1,560,870Italy: 1,459,310 tonnesItaly1,459,310Argentina: 1,453,187 tonnesArgentina1,453,187Senegal: 1,382,120 tonnesSenegal1,382,120Uruguay: 1,309,000 tonnesUruguay1,309,000Ecuador: 1,207,000 tonnesEcuador1,207,000Paraguay: 1,180,600 tonnesParaguay1,180,600Ghana: 1,143,000 tonnesGhana1,143,000Russia: 1,076,412 tonnesRussia1,076,412
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021
tonnes		Change on 2020
1China212,843,000+0.5%
2India195,241,449+6.9%
3Bangladesh56,772,472+1.3%
4Indonesia54,415,294-0.4%
5Vietnam43,852,729+2.5%
6Thailand32,117,024+3.7%
7Myanmar27,438,300+3.9%
8Philippines19,960,170+3.4%
9Pakistan13,984,009+10.7%
10Cambodia12,207,000+11.6%
11Brazil11,660,605+5.1%
12Japan10,616,200+1.3%
13United States8,665,970-16%
14Nigeria8,342,000+2.1%
15South Korea5,211,037+10.6%
16Sri Lanka5,149,596+0.6%
17Nepal5,130,625-8.7%
18Madagascar4,570,673+8.1%
19Egypt4,241,894-11.7%
20Tanzania4,045,400-10.6%
21Laos3,660,550+4%
22Peru3,538,444+3%
23Iran3,032,900-33.5%
24Colombia2,980,400-1.9%
25Guinea2,839,900+15.5%
26Malaysia2,441,597+3.6%
27Mali2,420,245-19.6%
28North Korea Estimated2,100,000-0.6%
29Sierra Leone1,978,905+88.5%
30Côte d’Ivoire1,659,000+12%
31Democratic Republic of the Congo1,580,620+7.1%
32Taiwan1,560,870-10.8%
33Italy1,459,310-3.2%
34Argentina1,453,187+18.8%
35Senegal1,382,120+2.4%
36Uruguay1,309,000+8.3%
37Ecuador1,207,000+12.6%
38Paraguay1,180,600-0.6%
39Ghana1,143,000+17.5%
40Russia1,076,412-5.7%
41Dominican Republic1,006,394+7.7%
42Türkiye1,000,000+2%
43Guyana860,000-18.7%
44Afghanistan622,300-5.1%
45Spain617,180-16.5%
46Venezuela593,932-15.7%
47Bolivia550,182+12.9%
48Benin519,667+26.3%
49Kazakhstan503,771-9.5%
50Nicaragua492,028+3.2%
51Burkina Faso451,014-0.1%
52Mauritania428,400+47.1%
53Australia422,978+742.1%
54Iraq422,463-9%
55Panama406,370+3.8%
56Uzbekistan334,226+13.9%
57Uganda327,900+19.2%
58Cameroon315,300+8.6%
59Ethiopia278,273+3.7%
60Suriname263,749+5.6%
61Mexico257,041-13%
62Liberia255,600-8.4%
63Greece245,340-14.6%
64Chad242,647-12.7%
65Cuba225,786-15.3%
66Guinea-Bissau213,918+8%
67Mozambique207,821+18.5%
68Kenya186,000+2.8%
69Portugal175,900+32.5%
70Togo165,541+3.6%
71Haiti155,000-2.7%
71Malawi155,000+6.6%
73Costa Rica151,018+9.8%
74Chile146,085-13.9%
75Tajikistan141,700+6.2%
76Niger134,000+16.5%
77Rwanda131,758+13.1%
78Burundi120,000-20%
79Turkmenistan86,214-0%
80Zambia65,876+90.2%
81France62,340-17.4%
82Bulgaria58,120-11.7%
83Honduras53,819-18%
84Morocco50,901-22.5%
85Central African Republic50,265+3%
86Ukraine49,480-18.5%
87Kyrgyzstan46,338+4.2%
88Timor-Leste45,455-9.1%
89Bhutan40,508-25.1%
90Gambia40,173-0.3%
91Sudan35,000-31.6%
92South Sudan26,024-0.8%
93Guatemala24,143+2.4%
94El Salvador19,146-18.5%
95North Macedonia18,962-2.8%
96Belize14,990+7.5%
97Romania14,980-39.3%
98Angola10,514-0.5%
99Fiji10,368+17.2%
100Azerbaijan10,062+7.1%
101Hungary9,520-18.9%
102Brunei4,100+5.1%
103South Africa Estimated3,0810%
104Zimbabwe2,908+1,414.6%
105Solomon Islands Estimated2,759-0.1%
106Puerto Rico Estimated2,732+19.7%
107Somalia2,000-4.2%
108Gabon Estimated1,758-1.7%
109Eswatini1,0000%
109Republic of the Congo1,000-7%
111Papua New Guinea Estimated879+2.4%
112Saudi Arabia814+3.4%
113Trinidad and Tobago351-52.2%
114Algeria Estimated315+1.4%
115Micronesia Estimated182+0.6%
116Comoros4-20%
117Belgium0n/a
117Croatia0n/a
117Cyprus0n/a
117Czechia0n/a
117Denmark0n/a
117Estonia0n/a
117Finland0n/a
117Germany0n/a
117Ireland0n/a
117Jamaica0n/a
117Latvia0n/a
117Lithuania0n/a
117Luxembourg0n/a
117Malta0n/a
117Mauritius0n/a
117Netherlands0n/a
117Poland0n/a
117Slovakia0n/a
117Slovenia0n/a
117Sweden0n/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. 6 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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