Countries by rice yield
Australia had the highest rice yield of 117 countries in 2017, at 9.82 tonnes per hectare. The Comoros had the lowest, at 0.3 tonnes per hectare. The median was 3.6 tonnes per hectare and the figure for the World was 4.59 tonnes per hectare. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of countries, 2017
- Under 1.8
- 1.8 to 2.9
- 2.9 to 3.7
- 3.7 to 4.7
- 4.7 to 6.2
- 6.2 and over
- No data
Top 40 countries, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 9.82 | -4.5% |
| 2 | Egypt | 9.02 | -3.3% |
| 3 | Uruguay | 8.57 | +5.9% |
| 4 | United States | 8.41 | +3.7% |
| 5 | Greece | 8.27 | -4.2% |
| 6 | Türkiye | 8.22 | +3.7% |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 7.8 | +10.6% |
| 8 | Spain | 7.76 | +1.5% |
| 9 | Peru | 7.31 | -5.1% |
| 10 | Morocco | 7.2 | +1.6% |
| 11 | South Korea | 7 | -3% |
| 12 | Japan Estimated | 6.92 | -0.6% |
| 13 | China | 6.92 | +0.7% |
| 14 | Italy | 6.83 | +0.7% |
| 15 | El Salvador | 6.61 | -4.6% |
| 16 | Paraguay | 6.6 | 0% |
| 17 | Argentina | 6.51 | -3.8% |
| 18 | Mexico | 6.39 | +4.2% |
| 19 | Taiwan | 6.39 | +10.1% |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 6.22 | -0.3% |
| 21 | Brazil | 6.21 | +13.7% |
| 22 | Portugal | 6.21 | +6.9% |
| 23 | Chile | 6.11 | -6.9% |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 5.61 | +3.8% |
| 25 | Guyana | 5.59 | +2.2% |
| 26 | Mauritania Estimated | 5.56 | -1.9% |
| 27 | Vietnam | 5.55 | -0.5% |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 5.55 | -11.9% |
| 29 | France | 5.4 | +12.3% |
| 30 | Iran | 5.37 | +9.5% |
| 31 | Russia | 5.31 | +0.2% |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 5.22 | +6.1% |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 5.19 | -0.5% |
| 34 | Indonesia Estimated | 5.07 | -0.6% |
| 35 | Ukraine | 5.03 | -6.6% |
| 36 | North Korea | 5.02 | -7.3% |
| 37 | Iraq | 4.9 | +1.9% |
| 38 | Suriname | 4.88 | +10.1% |
| 39 | Romania | 4.75 | +2.6% |
| 40 | Niger | 4.73 | +6.6% |
| 41 | Belize | 4.72 | -1.1% |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 4.68 | -1.3% |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 4.64 | +0.6% |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 4.61 | +3.2% |
| 45 | Hungary | 4.45 | +20.2% |
| 46 | Laos | 4.23 | -0.9% |
| 47 | Turkmenistan | 4.12 | -5.2% |
| 48 | Sudan | 4.08 | -30.6% |
| 49 | Colombia | 4.08 | -5.8% |
| 50 | Bhutan | 4.07 | +5% |
| 51 | Philippines | 4.01 | +3.5% |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 3.99 | -5.9% |
| 53 | Honduras Estimated | 3.9 | +9% |
| 54 | Myanmar | 3.86 | -0.5% |
| 55 | Pakistan | 3.85 | +2.1% |
| 56 | India | 3.81 | +1.6% |
| 57 | Malaysia | 3.75 | -5.7% |
| 58 | Ecuador | 3.72 | +10.5% |
| 59 | Cuba | 3.6 | -1.9% |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.57 | +1.4% |
| 61 | Benin | 3.53 | +3.3% |
| 62 | Mali | 3.53 | +5.8% |
| 63 | Nepal | 3.51 | +4.1% |
| 64 | Venezuela | 3.49 | -11.7% |
| 65 | Rwanda | 3.45 | +4.3% |
| 66 | Panama | 3.39 | -3.6% |
| 67 | Senegal | 3.31 | -1.4% |
| 68 | Cambodia | 3.3 | +2.7% |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 3.12 | +44.8% |
| 70 | Eswatini Estimated | 3.09 | -5% |
| 71 | Thailand | 3.02 | +4.9% |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 3.01 | -22.3% |
| 73 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 3 | +3.1% |
| 74 | Fiji | 3 | 0% |
| 75 | Ghana Estimated | 2.99 | +5.9% |
| 76 | Guatemala Estimated | 2.97 | -0.2% |
| 77 | Haiti Estimated | 2.92 | +2.4% |
| 78 | Madagascar Estimated | 2.89 | -4.4% |
| 79 | Mauritius | 2.86 | +30.7% |
| 80 | Ethiopia | 2.84 | +8.4% |
| 81 | Gabon Estimated | 2.78 | -3.5% |
| 82 | Bolivia | 2.77 | +11.5% |
| 83 | South Africa Estimated | 2.77 | +0.9% |
| 84 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 2.71 | -13.2% |
| 85 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 2.68 | +1.9% |
| 86 | Kenya | 2.67 | -22.8% |
| 87 | Tanzania | 2.23 | -19.3% |
| 88 | Cameroon | 2.11 | 0% |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 2.09 | +0.6% |
| 90 | Nigeria | 2.08 | +3.9% |
| 91 | Burkina Faso | 1.97 | -12.8% |
| 92 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 1.87 | -3.2% |
| 93 | Malawi | 1.87 | +19.6% |
| 94 | Micronesia Estimated | 1.84 | +1.7% |
| 95 | Algeria Estimated | 1.79 | +0.6% |
| 96 | Burundi | 1.78 | -22.4% |
| 97 | Brunei | 1.77 | +3.2% |
| 98 | Somalia Estimated | 1.73 | -5.8% |
| 99 | Togo | 1.67 | +0.7% |
| 100 | Uganda Estimated | 1.58 | -21.3% |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 1.56 | -0.3% |
| 102 | Central African Republic | 1.4 | -0% |
| 103 | Chad | 1.38 | -2.3% |
| 104 | Zambia | 1.3 | +7.6% |
| 105 | Guinea | 1.22 | -3.8% |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 1.15 | +0.5% |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.14 | +30.1% |
| 108 | Liberia | 1.06 | -8.7% |
| 109 | Jamaica | 1 | -77.9% |
| 110 | South Sudan | 0.89 | +0.7% |
| 111 | Angola | 0.86 | -43.5% |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 0.84 | +3.4% |
| 113 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 0.59 | -1.1% |
| 114 | Mozambique | 0.54 | +10.7% |
| 115 | Gambia Estimated | 0.44 | -37.9% |
| 116 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 0.37 | +9.2% |
| 117 | Comoros Estimated | 0.3 | +0.1% |
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About this ranking
Harvested production of rice as paddy per hectare of area harvested, in tonnes per hectare. FAOSTAT publishes it in kilograms per hectare; Invokely divides by 1,000.
Area harvested, not area sown, so crop failures lower the area as well as the output. 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 2017 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, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412). 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.Citation styles
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412) (Countries by rice yield, 2017) [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, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412), Countries by rice yield, 2017. 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-yield/countries?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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@misc{food_countries_by_rice_yield_2017,
author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412): Countries by rice yield, 2017}},
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}
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Which country has the highest rice yield?
Australia, with 9.82 tonnes per hectare in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which country has the lowest rice yield?
The Comoros, with 0.3 tonnes per hectare in 2017.
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, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 countries have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.