List of countries by rice production facts for kids

Where rice is grown around the world in 2019.

Have you ever wondered where the rice in your bowl comes from? Rice is a super important food for billions of people around the world! This article shows which countries grow the most rice. In 2022, the whole world grew over 776 million metric tonnes of rice. A "metric tonne" is a unit of weight, equal to 1,000 kilograms, or about 2,200 pounds. That's a huge amount of rice!

Back in 1961, the world only produced about 216 million metric tonnes. This shows how much rice production has grown over the years to feed more people.

Top Rice Producing Countries

This table shows the countries that produced the most rice in 2022. The numbers are for "paddy rice," which is rice right after it's harvested, before the outer husk is removed.

Rank	Country/Region	Rice Production (metric tonnes)
Countries Producing Over 1,000,000 Metric Tonnes
1	China	208,494,800
2	India	196,245,700
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	Côte d'Ivoire	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
Countries Producing 100,000–1,000,000 Metric 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
Countries Producing 10,000–100,000 Metric 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	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
Countries Producing 1,000–10,000 Metric 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	Swaziland	1,000
Countries Producing Less Than 1,000 Metric 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

How Rice Production Has Changed Over Time

It's interesting to see how much rice the world has produced over the years. The amount of rice grown has generally increased a lot since the 1960s!

World Production Trends

The total amount of rice grown globally has steadily gone up. For example, in 1961, the world produced about 215 million tonnes. By 2022, this number had jumped to over 776 million tonnes! This big increase helps feed the growing world population.

Major Producers Over the Years

Let's look at how the top rice-producing countries have changed their output over several decades. This table shows the production in millions of metric tonnes for some of the biggest rice growers.

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