List of countries by rice production explained

This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457^[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 2022 (paddy rice).

Rank	Country/region	Rice production (tonnes)
>1,000,000 tonnes
1		208,494,800
2		196,245,700
3		57,189,193
4		54,748,977
5		42,672,339
6		34,317,028
7		24,680,200
8		19,756,392
9		11,624,000
10		10,983,081
11		10,776,268
12		10,363,900
13		8,502,000
14		7,274,170
15		5,800,000
16		5,486,500
17		4,998,223
18		4,585,000
19		3,594,800
20		3,449,365
21		3,392,905
22		2,864,723
23		2,856,500
24		2,620,100
25		2,523,305
26		2,364,453
27		2,061,443
28		1,993,000
29		1,692,323
30		1,576,000
31		1,500,000
32		1,409,120
33		1,397,000
34		1,372,700
35		1,283,000
36		1,252,800
37		1,236,960
38		1,222,426
39		1,149,000
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes
40		950,000
41		929,600
42		920,095
43		861,500
44		730,000
45		691,444
46		608,681
47		592,000
48		525,014
49		504,391
50		478,473
51		438,982
52		431,391
53		403,000
54		390,000
55		365,000
56		359,147
57		350,420
58		343,103
59		288,000
60		266,204
61		246,989
62		231,965
63		224,000
64		214,750
65		208,000
66		192,299
67		183,932
68		169,608
69		155,570
70		147,000
71		144,000
72		140,000
73		135,075
74		127,484
75		110,399
76		103,740
77		100,557
10,000–100,000 tonnes
78		86,285
79		76,000
80		64,480
81		64,320
82		62,280
83		51,773
84		51,129
85		49,110
86		44,597
87		44,248
88		41,049
89		36,515
90		33,000
91		32,000
92		23,000
93		18,981
94		16,900
95		15,364
96		12,991
97		11,637
98		10,715
99		10,563
100		10,150
1,000–10,000 tonnes
101		4,200
102		3,090
103		3,082
104		2,754
105		1,923
106		1,730
107		1,588
108		1,000
109		1,000
<1,000 tonnes
110		887
111		815
112		307
113		179
114		178
115		125
116		5
117		0.06

Historical statistics

World production

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Year	Production
1961	215,646,627
1962	226,456,291
1963	247,119,204
1964	262,928,949
1965	254,059,657
1966	261,181,246
1967	277,386,339
1968	288,624,275
1969	295,584,346
1970	316,345,651

Year	Production
1971	317,712,363
1972	307,289,867
1973	334,928,765
1974	331,970,539
1975	356,963,012
1976	347,686,382
1977	369,481,070
1978	385,208,660
1979	375,251,671
1980	396,871,220

Year	Production
1981	410,075,138
1982	421,948,954
1983	448,016,205
1984	465,342,803
1985	468,164,482
1986	468,675,152
1987	461,439,818
1988	487,457,812
1989	514,421,550
1990	518,568,551

Year	Production
1991	518,512,573
1992	527,878,059
1993	529,599,553
1994	538,591,043
1995	547,162,009
1996	568,658,020
1997	577,136,882
1998	578,813,971
1999	611,177,562
2000	598,668,144

Year	Production
2001	600,246,670
2002	571,051,377
2003	586,931,574
2004	607,349,029
2005	634,225,538
2006	640,705,586
2007	653,970,131
2008	684,382,979
2009	680,265,683
2010	694,471,884

Year	Production
2011	719,469,859
2012	727,680,662
2013	731,770,431
2014	730,801,993
2015	731,952,333
2016	734,073,708
2017	747,410,272
2018	759,066,702
2019	749,189,908
2020	756,743,722

Year	Production
2021	787,293,867
2022	776,461,457

Large producers

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

References

Web site: FAOSTAT . www.fao.org . 29 February 2024.