Rice production by country (2019)

This is a list of countries by rice production in 2021 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2021 was 787,293,867^[1] metric tonnes.

In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.

Production by country

The table shows the countries with the largest production of rice in 2021 (paddy rice).^[1]

Rank	Country/region	Rice production (tonnes)
>1,000,000 tonnes
1	China	212,843,000
2	India	195,425,000
3	Bangladesh	56,944,554
4	Indonesia	54,415,294
5	Vietnam	43,852,729
6	Thailand	33,582,000
7	Myanmar	24,910,000
8	Philippines	19,960,170
9	Pakistan	13,984,009
10	Brazil	11,660,603
11	Cambodia	11,410,000
12	Japan	10,525,400
13	United States	8,699,720
14	Nigeria	8,342,000
15	Nepal	5,621,710
16	South Korea	5,211,037
17	Sri Lanka	5,149,596
18	Egypt	4,841,327
19	Madagascar	4,391,386
20	Laos	3,870,000
21	Peru	3,474,307
22	Colombia	3,326,529
23	Tanzania	2,688,000
24	Guinea	2,475,325
25	Mali	2,420,245
26	Malaysia	2,418,148
27	Sierra Leone	1,978,905
28	North Korea	1,854,841
29	Ivory Coast	1,659,000
30	Iran	1,595,345
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,580,620
32	Taiwan	1,560,870
33	Ecuador	1,504,214
34	Italy	1,459,310
35	Argentina	1,453,187
36	Senegal	1,382,120
37	Uruguay	1,309,000
38	Ghana	1,231,200
39	Paraguay	1,180,600
40	Russia	1,076,412
41	Dominican Republic	1,006,394
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes
42	Turkey	1,000,000
43	Venezuela	788,422
44	Spain	617,180
45	Guyana	559,113
46	Bolivia	550,182
47	Benin	519,667
48	Kazakhstan	503,771
49	Nicaragua	491,815
50	Afghanistan	458,572
51	Burkina Faso	451,000
52	Mauritania	428,400
53	Australia	422,978
54	Iraq	422,463
55	Panama	406,370
56	Cameroon	362,294
57	Uzbekistan	334,226
58	Uganda	303,283
59	Suriname	263,749
60	Mexico	257,041
61	Liberia	255,600
62	Chad	242,647
63	Greece	241,650
64	Cuba	225,786
65	Guinea-Bissau	213,918
66	Ethiopia	200,000
67	Mozambique	189,000
68	Kenya	186,000
69	Portugal	175,900
70	Haiti	155,000
71	Costa Rica	151,018
72	Togo	150,000
73	Malawi	147,100
74	Chile	146,085
75	Rwanda	131,758
76	Burundi	120,000
10,000–100,000 tonnes
77	Turkmenistan	82,828
78	Tajikistan	67,000
79	Zambia	65,876
80	France	62,340
81	Bulgaria	58,120
82	Honduras	53,820
83	Morocco	50,901
84	Ukraine	49,480
85	Kyrgyzstan	46,338
86	Timor-Leste	45,455
87	Gambia	41,900
88	Bhutan	40,508
89	Guatemala	33,000
90	Comoros	31,135
91	Sudan	25,000
92	El Salvador	24,000
93	Niger	22,397
94	North Macedonia	18,962
95	Belize	14,990
96	Romania	14,980
97	Central African Republic	12,809
98	Angola	10,514
99	Fiji	10,368
100	Azerbaijan	10,062
1,000–10,000 tonnes
101	Hungary	9,520
102	South Africa	3,080
103	Zimbabwe	2,908
104	Solomon Islands	2,748
105	Brunei	2,675
106	Gabon	1,703
107	Somalia	1,632
108	Republic of the Congo	1,000
109	Eswatini	1,000
<1,000 tonnes
110	Papua New Guinea	880
111	Trinidad and Tobago	351
112	Algeria	314
113	Federated States of Micronesia	175

Historical statistics

Large producers

Rice production in million tonnes^[2]

Country	2020	2010	2000	1990	1980	1970	1961
China	211.9	195.8	187.9	189.3	139.9	110.0	53.6
India	178.3	144.0	127.5	111.2	80.3	63.3	53.4
Bangladesh	54.9	50.1	37.6	26.8	20.8	16.7	14.4
Indonesia	54.6	59.3	51.9	45.2	29.7	19.3	12.1
Vietnam	42.8	40.0	32.5	19.2	11.6	10.2	9.0
Thailand	30.2	35.7	25.8	17.2	17.4	13.9	10.2
Myanmar	25.1	32.1	21.0	14.0	13.3	8.2	6.8
Philippines	19.3	15.8	12.4	9.9	7.6	5.6	3.9
Brazil	11.1	11.2	11.1	7.4	9.8	7.6	5.4
United States	10.3	11.0	8.7	7.1	6.6	3.8	2.5
Japan	9.7	10.7	11.9	13.1	12.2	16.5	16.2
Pakistan	8.4	7.2	7.2	4.9	4.7	3.3	1.7
Nigeria	8.2	4.5	3.3	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.3

References