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 [1] for 2022 was 776,461,457 [2] metric tonnes.
In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.
The table shows the countries with the largest production of rice in 2022 (paddy rice). [2]
| Rank | Country/region | Rice production (tonnes) |
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| >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 |
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| Country | 2020 | 2010 | 2000 | 1990 | 1980 | 1970 | 1961 |
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| 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 |
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