Rice production by country, tonnes of milled rice
India produced 27% of the world’s rice in 2024; the top three countries produced 59%.
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
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Share of world production, 2024
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Summary
The world produced 550 Mt of rice in 2024, 1.9% more than in 2023. India 146 Mt (27%), China 139 Mt (25%) and Bangladesh 40.6 Mt (7.4%); together, 59% of the world total.
135 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. 1 more reported a figure for one of the two years before but not yet for 2024; they are hatched on the map. Rice is counted as milled rice: FAOSTAT’s paddy production times 0.67, and trade in milled equivalent.
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
Countries and territories with data
| India | 146 Mt | 26.6% | 139 Mt | +5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 139 Mt | 25.3% | 138 Mt | +0% |
| Bangladesh | 40.6 Mt | 7.4% | 40.6 Mt | −0% |
| Indonesia | 35.6 Mt | 6.5% | 36.2 Mt | −2% |
| Vietnam | 29.1 Mt | 5.3% | 29.1 Mt | −0% |
| Thailand | 22.5 Mt | 4.1% | 22.7 Mt | −1% |
| Myanmar | 18.5 Mt | 3.4% | 17.2 Mt | +8% |
| Philippines | 12.8 Mt | 2.3% | 13.4 Mt | −5% |
| Pakistan | 9.8 Mt | 1.8% | 9.9 Mt | −1% |
| Cambodia | 9.5 Mt | 1.7% | 8.8 Mt | +8% |
| Brazil | 7.1 Mt | 1.3% | 6.9 Mt | +4% |
| Japan | 6.8 Mt | 1.2% | 6.8 Mt | +0% |
| United States | 6.8 Mt | 1.2% | 6.6 Mt | +2% |
| Nigeria | 6.1 Mt | 1.1% | 6.0 Mt | +3% |
| Egypt | 4.3 Mt | 0.8% | 4.2 Mt | +3% |
| Nepal | 4.0 Mt | 0.7% | 3.8 Mt | +4% |
| Madagascar | 3.3 Mt | 0.6% | 3.4 Mt | −3% |
| South Korea | 3.2 Mt | 0.6% | 3.3 Mt | −2% |
| Sri Lanka | 3.1 Mt | 0.6% | 3.0 Mt | +4% |
| Tanzania | 2.7 Mte | 0.5% | 2.4 Mt | +13% |
| Laos | 2.5 Mt | 0.5% | 2.6 Mt | −4% |
| Guinea | 2.5 Mt | 0.4% | 2.4 Mt | +4% |
| Peru | 2.4 Mt | 0.4% | 2.3 Mt | +7% |
| Iran | 2.3 Mte | 0.4% | 2.3 Mt | −0% |
| Colombia | 1.9 Mte | 0.3% | 2.0 Mt | −6% |
| Mali | 1.8 Mt | 0.3% | 2.0 Mt | −9% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1.6 Mt | 0.3% | 1.3 Mt | +18% |
| North Korea | 1.5 Mte | 0.3% | 1.4 Mt | +5% |
| Malaysia | 1.4 Mt | 0.3% | 1.5 Mt | −3% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.3 Mt | 0.2% | 1.2 Mt | +7% |
| Ghana | 1.2 Mt | 0.2% | 967,000 t | +19% |
| Taiwan | 1.1 Mt | 0.2% | 978,000 t | +13% |
| Senegal | 1.1 Mt | 0.2% | 1.0 Mt | +4% |
| Ecuador | 1.0 Mt | 0.2% | 880,000 t | +19% |
| Italy | 971,000 t | 0.2% | 924,000 t | +5% |
| Sierra Leone | 932,000 t | 0.2% | 881,000 t | +6% |
| Uruguay | 875,000 t | 0.2% | 920,000 t | −5% |
| Argentina | 847,000 t | 0.2% | 779,000 t | +9% |
| Russia | 843,000 t | 0.2% | 719,000 t | +17% |
| Guyana | 748,000 te | 0.1% | 674,000 t | +11% |
| Paraguay | 705,000 t | 0.1% | 656,000 t | +7% |
| Türkiye | 683,000 t | 0.1% | 603,000 t | +13% |
| Dominican Republic | 642,000 te | 0.1% | 620,000 t | +4% |
| Afghanistan | 438,000 t | 0.1% | 400,000 t | +10% |
| Australia | 415,000 t | 0.1% | 333,000 t | +25% |
| Venezuela | 410,000 te | 0.1% | 414,000 t | −1% |
| Spain | 406,000 t | 0.1% | 224,000 t | +81% |
| Burkina Faso | 344,000 te | 0.1% | 338,000 t | +2% |
| Kazakhstan | 344,000 t | 0.1% | 325,000 t | +6% |
| Benin | 335,000 t | 0.1% | 330,000 t | +2% |
| Bolivia | 291,000 t | 0.1% | 468,000 t | −38% |
| Mauritania | 289,000 t | 0.1% | 315,000 t | −8% |
| Uzbekistan | 257,000 t | <0.1% | 238,000 t | +8% |
| Panama | 249,000 t | <0.1% | 266,000 t | −7% |
| Chad | 233,000 t | <0.1% | 150,000 t | +55% |
| Cameroon | 232,000 te | <0.1% | 228,000 t | +1% |
| Liberia | 216,000 t | <0.1% | 217,000 t | −0% |
| Uganda | 201,000 t | <0.1% | 245,000 t | −18% |
| Ethiopia | 189,000 te | <0.1% | 187,000 t | +1% |
| Kenya | 189,000 t | <0.1% | 153,000 t | +23% |
| Greece | 168,000 t | <0.1% | 128,000 t | +31% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 163,000 t | <0.1% | 152,000 t | +8% |
| Iraq | 152,000 t | <0.1% | 8,000 t | +1,705% |
| Suriname | 151,000 te | <0.1% | 153,000 t | −1% |
| Mexico | 147,000 t | <0.1% | 169,000 t | −13% |
| Togo | 121,000 t | <0.1% | 123,000 t | −2% |
| Portugal | 115,000 t | <0.1% | 120,000 t | −4% |
| Mozambique | 113,000 t | <0.1% | 108,000 t | +5% |
| Niger | 110,000 t | <0.1% | 96,000 t | +16% |
| Tajikistan | 110,000 te | <0.1% | 108,000 t | +1% |
| Rwanda | 95,000 t | <0.1% | 90,000 t | +6% |
| Burundi | 91,000 t | <0.1% | 84,000 t | +9% |
| Haiti | 90,000 t | <0.1% | 91,000 t | −1% |
| Malawi | 85,000 t | <0.1% | 83,000 t | +2% |
| Chile | 80,000 t | <0.1% | 73,000 t | +9% |
| Turkmenistan | 57,000 t | <0.1% | 58,000 t | −1% |
| Cuba | 57,000 te | <0.1% | 39,000 t | +44% |
| France | 48,000 t | <0.1% | 46,000 t | +5% |
| Bulgaria | 44,000 t | <0.1% | 43,000 t | +3% |
| Costa Rica | 43,000 t | <0.1% | 51,000 t | −16% |
| Timor-Leste | 42,000 t | <0.1% | 56,000 t | −25% |
| Central African Republic | 35,000 te | <0.1% | 36,000 t | −1% |
| Gambia | 35,000 t | <0.1% | 32,000 t | +11% |
| Angola | 32,000 t | <0.1% | 27,000 t | +21% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 32,000 t | <0.1% | 31,000 t | +3% |
| Bhutan | 28,000 t | <0.1% | 27,000 t | +2% |
| South Sudan | 25,000 t | <0.1% | 22,000 t | +15% |
| Guatemala | 21,000 te | <0.1% | 34,000 t | −38% |
| Sudan | 19,000 te | <0.1% | 15,000 t | +27% |
| Zambia | 16,000 t | <0.1% | 42,000 t | −61% |
| Honduras | 16,000 t | <0.1% | 23,000 t | −31% |
| North Macedonia | 12,000 t | <0.1% | 13,000 t | −7% |
| Belize | 11,000 t | <0.1% | 12,000 t | −5% |
| Azerbaijan | 10,000 te | <0.1% | 9,000 t | +9% |
| Ukraine | 10,000 te | <0.1% | 7,000 t | +35% |
| Romania | 10,000 t | <0.1% | 8,000 t | +19% |
| El Salvador | 7,000 t | <0.1% | 7,000 t | 0% |
| Fiji | 6,000 t | <0.1% | 5,000 t | +20% |
| Hungary | 6,000 t | <0.1% | 6,000 t | +3% |
| Morocco | 4,000 t | <0.1% | 38,000 t | −89% |
| Brunei | 2,000 t | <0.1% | 2,000 t | −3% |
| Puerto Rico | 2,000 te | <0.1% | 2,000 t | −4% |
| South Africa | 2,000 te | <0.1% | 2,000 t | +0% |
| Solomon Islands | 2,000 te | <0.1% | 2,000 t | +0% |
| Somalia | 1,000 t | <0.1% | 1,000 t | 0% |
| Gabon | 1,000 te | <0.1% | 1,000 t | −0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 674 te | <0.1% | 608 t | +11% |
| Republic of the Congo | 670 t | <0.1% | 670 t | 0% |
| Eswatini | 670 t | <0.1% | 670 t | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 591 te | <0.1% | 589 t | +0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 526 t | <0.1% | 218 t | +141% |
| Algeria | 210 te | <0.1% | 209 t | +0% |
| Micronesia | 122 te | <0.1% | 122 t | +0% |
| Zimbabwe | 49 t | <0.1% | 361 t | −86% |
| Comoros | 3 te | <0.1% | 3 t | 0% |
| Belgium | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Cyprus | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Czechia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Germany | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Denmark | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Estonia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Finland | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Croatia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Ireland | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Jamaica | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Lithuania | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Luxembourg | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Latvia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Malta | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Mauritius | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Netherlands | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Poland | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Slovakia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Slovenia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Sweden | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| World | 550 Mt | 100% | 539 Mt | +2% |
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
Not yet reported
Nicaragua (2023: 334,000 t).