Biology:List of countries by rice production

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Rice production by country (2019)

This is a list of countries by rice production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2020 was 756,743,722 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 (paddy rice).

Rank	Country/region	Rice production (tonnes)
1	People's Republic of China	211,860,000
2	India	178,305,000
3	Bangladesh	54,905,891
4	Indonesia	54,649,202
5	Vietnam	42,758,897
6	Thailand	30,231,025
7	Myanmar	25,100,000
8	Philippines	19,294,856
9	Brazil	11,091,011
10	Cambodia	10,960,000
11	United States	10,322,990
12	Japan	9,706,250
13	Pakistan	8,419,276
14	Nigeria	8,172,000
15	Nepal	5,550,878
16	Sri Lanka	5,120,924
17	Egypt	4,893,507
18	South Korea	4,713,162
19	Tanzania	4,528,000
20	Madagascar	4,232,000
21	Laos	3,687,336
22	Peru	3,436,637
23	Colombia	3,424,119
24	Mali	3,010,027
25	Guinea	2,916,395
26	Malaysia	2,321,636
27	North Korea	2,113,019
28	Iran	2,000,000
29	Taiwan	1,750,729
30	Italy	1,507,490
31	Ivory Coast	1,481,182
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,379,000
33	Senegal	1,349,723
34	Ecuador	1,336,502
35	Argentina	1,222,910
36	Uruguay	1,209,000
37	Paraguay	1,187,768
38	Russia	1,141,819
39	Sierra Leone	1,049,795
1,000,000–10,000,000 tonnes
40	Turkey	980,000
41	Ghana	973,000
42	Dominican Republic	942,765
43	Spain	739,230
44	Guyana	687,539
45	Kazakhstan	556,775
46	Bolivia	487,427
47	Nicaragua	476,992
48	Iraq	464,159
49	Afghanistan	439,549
50	Venezuela	429,179
51	Benin	411,578
52	Burkina Faso	395,443
53	Panama	391,600
54	Mauritania	365,000
55	Cameroon	328,503
56	Mexico	295,338
57	Uzbekistan	293,451
58	Greece	287,410
59	Suriname	285,712
60	Chad	278,053
61	Liberia	270,000
62	Cuba	266,595
63	Uganda	200,000
64	Guinea-Bissau	198,000
65	Ethiopia	189,649
66	Kenya	180,890
67	Niger	179,382
68	Haiti	172,000
69	Chile	169,697
70	Togo	160,000
71	Burundi	150,000
71	Turkmenistan	150,000
73	Malawi	145,446
74	Costa Rica	137,504
75	Mozambique	137,243
76	Portugal	132,790
77	Rwanda	116,504
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes
78	Tajikistan	99,000
79	France	76,320
80	Timor-Leste	69,000
81	Bulgaria	65,810
82	Honduras	65,634
83	Ukraine	60,680
84	Bhutan	54,088
85	Australia	50,226
86	Morocco	46,275
87	Kyrgyzstan	44,474
88	Zambia	34,630
89	Sudan	34,133
90	Guatemala	32,000
91	Comoros	30,543
92	El Salvador	28,000
93	Gambia	28,000
94	Romania	24,670
95	North Macedonia	19,518
96	Belize	13,942
97	Hungary	11,740
98	Angola	10,000
10,000–100,000 tonnes
99	Azerbaijan	9,397
100	Fiji	8,208
101	Central African Republic	6,095
102	South Africa	3,076
103	Solomon Islands	2,745
104	Brunei	2,511
105	Gabon	1,700
106	Zimbabwe	1,336
107	Republic of the Congo	1,211
108	Somalia	1,183
109	Eswatini	1,000
<1,000 tonnes
110	Papua New Guinea	874
111	Trinidad and Tobago	734
112	Algeria	300
113	Federated States of Micronesia	172
114	Puerto Rico	138

Historical statistics

World production

World production in tonnes

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

Large producers

Rice production in million tonnes

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