EU countries by rice production, 2024
Italy had the highest rice production of 26 EU countries in 2024, at 1,448,760 tonnes. Sweden had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 0 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
All EU countries, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 1,448,760 | +5.1% |
| 2 | Spain | 605,820 | +81.3% |
| 3 | Greece | 250,090 | +31.3% |
| 4 | Portugal | 172,120 | -3.8% |
| 5 | France | 71,960 | +5.4% |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 65,840 | +2.6% |
| 7 | Romania | 14,400 | +19.3% |
| 8 | Hungary | 8,560 | +2.8% |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | |
| 9 | Croatia | 0 | |
| 9 | Cyprus | 0 | |
| 9 | Czechia | 0 | |
| 9 | Denmark | 0 | |
| 9 | Estonia | 0 | |
| 9 | Finland | 0 | |
| 9 | Germany | 0 | |
| 9 | Ireland | 0 | |
| 9 | Latvia | 0 | |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0 | |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 0 | |
| 9 | Malta | 0 | |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0 | |
| 9 | Poland | 0 | |
| 9 | Slovakia | 0 | |
| 9 | Slovenia | 0 | |
| 9 | Sweden | 0 |
Other periods
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 EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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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APA 7
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510) (EU countries by rice production, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
MLA 9
Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), EU countries by rice production, 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/rankings/rice-production/eu-countries. 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). EU countries by rice production, 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/rankings/rice-production/eu-countries.
Harvard
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), EU countries by rice production, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rice-production/eu-countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Questions
Which EU country has the highest rice production?
Italy, with 1,448,760 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which EU country has the lowest rice production?
Sweden, with 0 tonnes in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.