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Charted: 776 Million Tonnes of Rice Production by Country
Published 1 week ago on July 7, 2024
By Marcus Lu
Graphics/Design:
Sam Parker
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This chart breaks down the worldโs largest producers of rice in 2022,
based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Charted: 776 Million Tonnes of Rice Production by Country
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World rice production hit nearly 780 million tonnes in 2022, making it
the fourth-most produced cereal grain after wheat, corn, and sugarcane.
This graphic breaks down the worldโs largest producers of rice in 2022,
based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO).
Rice, Rice, Baby
The worldโs most populous countries, China and India, top the list of
largest rice producers, each with around 200 million tonnes.
In fact, these two countries together grow more rice than the rest of
the world combined. India is also the worldโs largest rice exporter, accounting for one-third of rice exports by itself.
Rank Country Rice Production (Tonnes)
1 ๐จ๐ณ China (Mainland) 208M
2 ๐ฎ๐ณ India 196M
3 ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh 57M
4 ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia 55M
5 ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam 43M
6 ๐น๐ญ Thailand 34M
7 ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar 25M
8 ๐ต๐ญ Philippines 20M
9 ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia 12M
10 ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan 11M
11 ๐ง๐ท Brazil 11M
12 ๐ฏ๐ต Japan 10M
N/A ๐ Rest of World 95M
N/A ๐ Total 776M
Note: Figures rounded.
Noticeably, the majority of the worldโs rice production is in Asia. This
is due to a combination of climatic, geographic, cultural, and economic factors.
For example, rice requires a warm, humid climate (found throughout
Asia), and is also a staple food in the Asian diet.
Brazil, ranked 11th with 11 million tonnes, is the only non-Asian
country on this list. The Portuguese brought rice to the region in the
16th century, and since then, it has flourished in the warm, humid
climate, becoming a diet staple. The Amazon region of the country also
has two native rice species.
Also missing from this list is the U.S., which exports half of its total
rice production (5 million tonnes) making it the fifth largest
rice-exporter in the world.
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