# List of countries by rice production

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 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 | India | 265,098,885 |
| 2 | China | 255,245,235 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 57,189,193 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 54,748,977 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 42,672,339 |
| 6 | Thailand | 34,317,028 |
| 7 | Myanmar | 24,680,200 |
| 8 | Philippines | 19,756,392 |
| 9 | Cambodia | 11,624,000 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 10,983,081 |
| 11 | Brazil | 10,776,268 |
| 12 | Japan | 10,363,900 |
| 13 | Nigeria | 8,502,000 |
| 14 | United States | 7,274,170 |
| 15 | Egypt | 5,800,000 |
| 16 | Nepal | 5,486,500 |
| 17 | South Korea | 4,998,223 |
| 18 | Madagascar | 4,585,000 |
| 19 | Laos | 3,594,800 |
| 20 | Peru | 3,449,365 |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 3,392,905 |
| 22 | Mali | 2,864,723 |
| 23 | Tanzania | 2,856,500 |
| 24 | Colombia | 2,620,100 |
| 25 | Guinea | 2,523,305 |
| 26 | Malaysia | 2,364,453 |
| 27 | North Korea | 2,061,443 |
| 28 | Ivory Coast | 1,993,000 |
| 29 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,692,323 |
| 30 | Taiwan | 1,576,000 |
| 31 | Iran | 1,500,000 |
| 32 | Senegal | 1,409,120 |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 1,397,000 |
| 34 | Uruguay | 1,372,700 |
| 35 | Ghana | 1,283,000 |
| 36 | Ecuador | 1,252,800 |
| 37 | Italy | 1,236,960 |
| 38 | Argentina | 1,222,426 |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 1,149,000 |
| 100,000–1,000,000 tonnes |||
| 40 | Turkey | 950,000 |
| 41 | Guyana | 929,600 |
| 42 | Russia | 920,095 |
| 43 | Paraguay | 861,500 |
| 44 | Uganda | 730,000 |
| 45 | Australia | 691,444 |
| 46 | Bolivia | 608,681 |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 592,000 |
| 48 | Benin | 525,014 |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 504,391 |
| 50 | Venezuela | 478,473 |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 438,982 |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 431,391 |
| 53 | Mauritania | 403,000 |
| 54 | Panama | 390,000 |
| 55 | Mozambique | 365,000 |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 359,147 |
| 57 | Spain | 350,420 |
| 58 | Cameroon | 343,103 |
| 59 | Liberia | 288,000 |
| 60 | Suriname | 266,204 |
| 61 | Mexico | 246,989 |
| 62 | Chad | 231,965 |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 224,000 |
| 64 | Greece | 214,750 |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 208,000 |
| 66 | Kenya | 192,299 |
| 67 | Cuba | 183,932 |
| 68 | Togo | 169,608 |
| 69 | Portugal | 155,570 |
| 70 | Malawi | 147,000 |
| 71 | Niger | 144,000 |
| 72 | Haiti | 140,000 |
| 73 | Rwanda | 135,075 |
| 74 | Burundi | 127,484 |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 110,399 |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 103,740 |
| 77 | Chile | 100,557 |
| 10,000–100,000 tonnes |||
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 86,285 |
| 79 | Timor-Leste | 76,000 |
| 80 | France | 64,480 |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 64,320 |
| 82 | Zambia | 62,280 |
| 83 | Central African Republic | 51,773 |
| 84 | Honduras | 51,129 |
| 85 | Morocco | 49,110 |
| 86 | Gambia | 44,597 |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 44,248 |
| 88 | Bhutan | 41,049 |
| 89 | South Sudan | 36,515 |
| 90 | Sudan | 33,000 |
| 91 | Guatemala | 32,000 |
| 92 | El Salvador | 23,000 |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 18,981 |
| 94 | Romania | 16,900 |
| 95 | Belize | 15,364 |
| 96 | Fiji | 12,991 |
| 97 | Iraq | 11,637 |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 10,715 |
| 99 | Angola | 10,563 |
| 100 | Hungary | 10,150 |
| 1,000–10,000 tonnes |||
| 101 | Brunei | 4,200 |
| 102 | Ukraine | 3,090 |
| 103 | South Africa | 3,082 |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 2,754 |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | 1,923 |
| 106 | Gabon | 1,730 |
| 107 | Somalia | 1,588 |
| 108 | Republic of the Congo | 1,000 |
| 109 | Eswatini | 1,000 |
| <1,000 tonnes |||
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 887 |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 815 |
| 112 | Algeria | 307 |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 179 |
| 114 | Federated States of Micronesia | 178 |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 125 |
| 116 | Comoros | 5 |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 0.06 |

## Historical statistics
### World production

| 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 |
| 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 |