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Rice use by country, tonnes of milled rice

China used 26% of the world’s rice in 2024; the top three countries used 57%.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Summary

The countries that report used 545 Mt of rice in 2024, 1.5% more than in 2023. China 140 Mt (26%), India 128 Mt (23%) and Bangladesh 40.9 Mt (7.5%); together, 57% of the world total.

197 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. Use is production plus imports minus exports. It covers food, animal feed, industrial uses, seed and waste, and leaves out changes in stocks; FAOSTAT’s food balance sheets, which split these, come two years or more later.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data

Use, worked out as production plus imports minus exports, in million tonnes (Mt) or tonnes (t), as tonnes of milled rice, for every country with a figure for 2024. e: FAOSTAT’s own estimate or imputation.
China140 Mt25.6%139 Mt1.6 Mt1.1 Mt
India128 Mt23.5%146 Mt6,000 t17.9 Mt
Bangladesh40.9 Mte7.5%40.6 Mt287,000 t4,000 t
Indonesia40.1 Mt7.4%35.6 Mt4.5 Mt505 t
Vietnam23.4 Mte4.3%29.1 Mt1.2 Mt7.0 Mt
Philippines17.5 Mt3.2%12.8 Mt4.8 Mt582 t
Myanmar15.9 Mt2.9%18.5 Mt4,000 t2.6 Mt
Thailand12.6 Mt2.3%22.5 Mt13,000 t9.9 Mt
Japan7.5 Mt1.4%6.8 Mt754,000 t44,000 t
Brazil7.2 Mt1.3%7.1 Mt1.0 Mt944,000 t
Nigeria6.3 Mte1.1%6.1 Mt142,000 t336 t
Cambodia5.6 Mt1.0%9.5 Mt8,000 t3.9 Mt
United States5.0 Mt0.9%6.8 Mt1.4 Mt3.1 Mt
Egypt4.4 Mte0.8%4.3 Mt173,000 t107,000 t
Nepal4.3 Mte0.8%4.0 Mt344,000 t49 t
Madagascar3.6 Mt0.7%3.3 Mt248,000 t4 t
Guinea3.5 Mt0.6%2.5 Mt1.1 Mt6 t
South Korea3.5 Mt0.6%3.2 Mt422,000 t138,000 t
Pakistan3.3 Mte0.6%9.8 Mt14,000 t6.5 Mt
Sri Lanka3.3 Mt0.6%3.1 Mt131,000 t8,000 t
Côte d'Ivoire3.2 Mt0.6%1.6 Mt1.6 Mt9,000 t
Iran3.1 Mte0.6%2.3 Mt748,000 t3,000 t
Malaysia3.0 Mt0.6%1.4 Mt1.7 Mt104,000 t
Peru2.6 Mt0.5%2.4 Mt144,000 t14,000 t
Laos2.5 Mt0.5%2.5 Mt73,000 t47,000 t
Senegal2.4 Mt0.4%1.1 Mt1.4 Mt83,000 t
Tanzania2.3 Mte0.4%2.7 Mt866 t397,000 t
Iraq2.3 Mt0.4%152,000 t2.1 Mt422 t
Benin2.1 Mt0.4%335,000 t1.8 Mt29,000 t
Mali2.1 Mte0.4%1.8 Mt209,000 t8 t
Colombia2.0 Mte0.4%1.9 Mt187,000 t40,000 t
Saudi Arabia1.8 Mte0.3%674 t1.8 Mt6,000 t
Ghana1.8 Mte0.3%1.2 Mt631,000 t465 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo1.5 Mte0.3%1.3 Mt244,000 t1 t
North Korea1.5 Mte0.3%1.5 Mt20,000 t0 t
Sierra Leone1.4 Mt0.3%932,000 t482,000 t4 t
Cameroon1.2 Mte0.2%232,000 t988,000 t651 t
Burkina Faso1.2 Mte0.2%344,000 t856,000 t956 t
South Africa1.2 Mte0.2%2,000 t1.4 Mt174,000 t
Kenya1.1 Mte0.2%189,000 t916,000 t19 t
Taiwan1.1 Mte0.2%1.1 Mt137,000 t150,000 t
Afghanistan1.0 Mt0.2%438,000 t603,000 t84 t
Russia1.0 Mte0.2%843,000 t212,000 t43,000 t
Ecuador993,000 t0.2%1.0 Mt568 t53,000 t
Mexico966,000 te0.2%147,000 t835,000 t16,000 t
Dominican Republic856,000 te0.2%642,000 t214,000 t259 t
Mozambique853,000 te0.2%113,000 t740,000 t82 t
Yemen726,000 t0.1%0 t726,000 t1 t
Türkiye725,000 t0.1%683,000 t335,000 t293,000 t
United Arab Emirates710,000 t0.1%0 t820,000 t110,000 t
Argentina667,000 t0.1%847,000 t6,000 t186,000 t
United Kingdom659,000 te0.1%0 t690,000 t31,000 t
Spain645,000 t0.1%406,000 t391,000 t153,000 t
Venezuela623,000 te0.1%410,000 t214,000 t47 t
Haiti610,000 t0.1%90,000 t519,000 t223 t
France609,000 t0.1%48,000 t606,000 t45,000 t
Somalia590,000 t0.1%1,000 t589,000 t0 t
Togo563,000 t0.1%121,000 t457,000 t15,000 t
Italy557,000 t0.1%971,000 t294,000 t708,000 t
Niger555,000 t0.1%110,000 t444,000 t0 t
Liberia517,000 t0.1%216,000 t301,000 t0 t
Uganda490,000 te0.1%201,000 t293,000 t3,000 t
Canada451,000 te0.1%0 t480,000 t30,000 t
Australia439,000 t0.1%415,000 t266,000 t241,000 t
Belgium400,000 t0.1%0 t883,000 t483,000 t
Angola362,000 t0.1%32,000 t329,000 t96 t
Germany353,000 t0.1%0 t396,000 t42,000 t
Djibouti341,000 t0.1%0 t341,000 t0 t
Guinea-Bissau338,000 t0.1%163,000 t174,000 t0 t
Panama329,000 t0.1%249,000 t80,000 t0 t
Ethiopia327,000 te0.1%189,000 t137,000 t0 t
Mauritania325,000 t0.1%289,000 t36,000 t2 t
Oman322,000 t0.1%0 t326,000 t4,000 t
Uzbekistan304,000 t0.1%257,000 t51,000 t3,000 t
Bolivia289,000 te0.1%291,000 t2,000 t4,000 t
Chile282,000 t0.1%80,000 t204,000 t2,000 t
Gambia280,000 t0.1%35,000 t245,000 t21 t
Guyana274,000 te0.1%748,000 t138 t474,000 t
Zimbabwe264,000 t<0.1%49 t264,000 t0 t
Hong Kong262,000 t<0.1%0 t272,000 t10,000 t
Kazakhstan261,000 t<0.1%344,000 t19,000 t102,000 t
Singapore259,000 t<0.1%0 t448,000 t188,000 t
Papua New Guinea244,000 te<0.1%591 t243,000 t130 t
Chad238,000 t<0.1%233,000 t5,000 t0 t
Costa Rica237,000 t<0.1%43,000 t219,000 t25,000 t
Jordan227,000 t<0.1%0 t227,000 t594 t
Kuwait222,000 t<0.1%0 t222,000 t11 t
Algeria212,000 te<0.1%210 t212,000 t265 t
Portugal207,000 t<0.1%115,000 t189,000 t97,000 t
Qatar207,000 t<0.1%0 t207,000 t68 t
Cuba202,000 te<0.1%57,000 t145,000 t0 t
Israel195,000 te<0.1%0 t195,000 t124 t
Timor-Leste186,000 t<0.1%42,000 t146,000 t2,000 t
Syria175,000 te<0.1%0 t175,000 t53 t
Honduras160,000 t<0.1%16,000 t163,000 t18,000 t
Guatemala151,000 te<0.1%21,000 t130,000 t744 t
Rwanda149,000 t<0.1%95,000 t54,000 t0 t
Poland147,000 t<0.1%0 t197,000 t50,000 t
Tajikistan145,000 te<0.1%110,000 t36,000 t2 t
Sudan144,000 te<0.1%19,000 t125,000 t0 t
Republic of the Congo135,000 t<0.1%670 t137,000 t3,000 t
Uruguay112,000 te<0.1%875,000 t6,000 t768,000 t
Burundi112,000 t<0.1%91,000 t21,000 t206 t
Libya108,000 t<0.1%0 t108,000 t0 t
Netherlands107,000 t<0.1%0 t449,000 t342,000 t
Suriname103,000 te<0.1%151,000 t399 t49,000 t
Czechia99,000 t<0.1%0 t125,000 t26,000 t
Switzerland95,000 t<0.1%0 t96,000 t1,000 t
Ukraine95,000 te<0.1%10,000 t88,000 t3,000 t
Greece92,000 t<0.1%168,000 t24,000 t99,000 t
Malawi89,000 t<0.1%85,000 t4,000 t105 t
Bhutan89,000 t<0.1%28,000 t61,000 t0 t
Morocco89,000 te<0.1%4,000 t87,000 t2,000 t
El Salvador80,000 t<0.1%7,000 t90,000 t17,000 t
Bahrain78,000 t<0.1%0 t79,000 t336 t
Sweden75,000 t<0.1%0 t76,000 t1,000 t
Azerbaijan74,000 te<0.1%10,000 t64,000 t180 t
Lebanon74,000 te<0.1%0 t80,000 t6,000 t
Mauritius73,000 t<0.1%0 t73,000 t42 t
New Zealand67,000 t<0.1%0 t67,000 t189 t
Jamaica65,000 te<0.1%0 t65,000 t140 t
Turkmenistan57,000 t<0.1%57,000 t125 t0 t
Comoros52,000 te<0.1%3 t52,000 t47 t
Fiji51,000 t<0.1%6,000 t48,000 t3,000 t
Zambia49,000 t<0.1%16,000 t34,000 t2,000 t
Central African Republic47,000 te<0.1%35,000 t12,000 t33 t
Botswana47,000 t<0.1%0 t47,000 t13 t
Mongolia44,000 t<0.1%0 t48,000 t4,000 t
Romania43,000 t<0.1%10,000 t51,000 t17,000 t
Hungary42,000 t<0.1%6,000 t41,000 t5,000 t
Gabon41,000 te<0.1%1,000 t40,000 t0 t
Kyrgyzstan41,000 t<0.1%32,000 t9,000 t753 t
Ireland39,000 t<0.1%0 t45,000 t6,000 t
Denmark39,000 t<0.1%0 t47,000 t8,000 t
Austria38,000 t<0.1%0 t43,000 t5,000 t
Eswatini36,000 t<0.1%670 t36,000 t43 t
Maldives35,000 t<0.1%0 t35,000 t0 t
Bulgaria35,000 t<0.1%44,000 t51,000 t60,000 t
Finland35,000 t<0.1%0 t35,000 t91 t
Brunei34,000 t<0.1%2,000 t31,000 t42 t
South Sudan33,000 t<0.1%25,000 t7,000 t0 t
Tunisia32,000 t<0.1%0 t33,000 t52 t
Norway30,000 t<0.1%0 t30,000 t337 t
Trinidad and Tobago29,000 t<0.1%526 t30,000 t1,000 t
Macao28,000 t<0.1%0 t28,000 t0 t
Namibia22,000 te<0.1%0 t22,000 t2 t
Slovakia22,000 t<0.1%0 t29,000 t7,000 t
Albania21,000 t<0.1%0 t21,000 t37 t
Cabo Verde20,000 t<0.1%0 t20,000 t0 t
Equatorial Guinea19,000 t<0.1%0 t20,000 t307 t
Solomon Islands17,000 te<0.1%2,000 t15,000 t0 t
Vanuatu16,000 te<0.1%0 t16,000 t433 t
Croatia15,000 t<0.1%0 t16,000 t174 t
Slovenia12,000 t<0.1%0 t26,000 t14,000 t
Belize12,000 t<0.1%11,000 t744 t0 t
Serbia12,000 t<0.1%0 t12,000 t599 t
Samoa11,000 te<0.1%0 t11,000 t58 t
Lithuania11,000 t<0.1%0 t26,000 t15,000 t
Georgia11,000 t<0.1%0 t11,000 t12 t
Palestine11,000 t<0.1%0 t11,000 t0 t
Armenia10,000 t<0.1%0 t10,000 t78 t
Cyprus9,000 t<0.1%0 t9,000 t83 t
Lesotho8,000 t<0.1%0 t8,000 t22 t
Moldova8,000 t<0.1%0 t8,000 t41 t
Kiribati8,000 t<0.1%0 t8,000 t0 t
New Caledonia8,000 t<0.1%0 t8,000 t0 t
São Tomé and Príncipe7,000 t<0.1%0 t7,000 t0 t
Seychelles7,000 t<0.1%0 t7,000 t0 t
North Macedonia7,000 t<0.1%12,000 t365 t6,000 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina7,000 t<0.1%0 t7,000 t6 t
Latvia6,000 t<0.1%0 t8,000 t2,000 t
Malta6,000 t<0.1%0 t6,000 t18 t
French Polynesia5,000 t<0.1%0 t5,000 t0 t
Estonia4,000 t<0.1%0 t5,000 t162 t
Barbados4,000 t<0.1%0 t4,000 t69 t
Luxembourg4,000 t<0.1%0 t4,000 t119 t
Bahamas4,000 t<0.1%0 t4,000 t0 t
Belarus4,000 t<0.1%0 t4,000 t0 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3,000 t<0.1%0 t3,000 t1 t
Marshall Islands3,000 t<0.1%0 t3,000 t0 t
Micronesia3,000 te<0.1%122 t2,000 t0 t
Saint Lucia3,000 t<0.1%0 t3,000 t0 t
Puerto Rico2,000 te<0.1%2,000 t–0 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis2,000 t<0.1%0 t2,000 t0 t
Montenegro2,000 t<0.1%0 t2,000 t101 t
Iceland2,000 t<0.1%0 t2,000 t0 t
Grenada2,000 te<0.1%0 t2,000 t0 t
Antigua and Barbuda2,000 t<0.1%0 t2,000 t0 t
Eritrea1,000 t<0.1%0 t1,000 t0 t
Tuvalu972 t<0.1%0 t972 t0 t
Dominica928 te<0.1%0 t928 t0 t
Nauru397 t<0.1%0 t397 t0 t
Palau303 te<0.1%0 t303 t0 t
Cook Islands182 t<0.1%0 t182 t0 t
Faroe Islands177 t<0.1%0 t177 t0 t
Tonga79 t<0.1%0 t79 t0 t
Niue8 t<0.1%0 t8 t0 t
Total, reporting countries545 Mt100%

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Nicaragua (2023: 436,000 t).

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