This is a list of countries by rice production in 2021 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2021 was 787,293,867 [1] metric tonnes.
In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.
The table shows the countries with the largest production of rice in 2021 (paddy rice). [1]
| Rank | Country/region | Rice production (tonnes) |
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| >1,000,000 tonnes | ||
| 1 |  China | 212,843,000 |
| 2 |  India | 195,425,000 |
| 3 |  Bangladesh | 56,944,554 |
| 4 |  Indonesia | 54,415,294 |
| 5 |  Vietnam | 43,852,729 |
| 6 |  Thailand | 33,582,000 |
| 7 |  Myanmar | 24,910,000 |
| 8 |  Philippines | 19,960,170 |
| 9 |  Pakistan | 13,984,009 |
| 10 |  Brazil | 11,660,603 |
| 11 |  Cambodia | 11,410,000 |
| 12 |  Japan | 10,525,400 |
| 13 |  United States | 8,699,720 |
| 14 |  Nigeria | 8,342,000 |
| 15 |  Nepal | 5,621,710 |
| 16 |  South Korea | 5,211,037 |
| 17 |  Sri Lanka | 5,149,596 |
| 18 |  Egypt | 4,841,327 |
| 19 |  Madagascar | 4,391,386 |
| 20 |  Laos | 3,870,000 |
| 21 |  Peru | 3,474,307 |
| 22 |  Colombia | 3,326,529 |
| 23 |  Tanzania | 2,688,000 |
| 24 |  Guinea | 2,475,325 |
| 25 |  Mali | 2,420,245 |
| 26 |  Malaysia | 2,418,148 |
| 27 |  Sierra Leone | 1,978,905 |
| 28 |  North Korea | 1,854,841 |
| 29 |  Ivory Coast | 1,659,000 |
| 30 |  Iran | 1,595,345 |
| 31 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,580,620 |
| 32 |  Taiwan | 1,560,870 |
| 33 |  Ecuador | 1,504,214 |
| 34 |  Italy | 1,459,310 |
| 35 |  Argentina | 1,453,187 |
| 36 |  Senegal | 1,382,120 |
| 37 |  Uruguay | 1,309,000 |
| 38 |  Ghana | 1,231,200 |
| 39 |  Paraguay | 1,180,600 |
| 40 |  Russia | 1,076,412 |
| 41 |  Dominican Republic | 1,006,394 |
| 100,000–1,000,000 tonnes | ||
| 42 |  Turkey | 1,000,000 |
| 43 |  Venezuela | 788,422 |
| 44 |  Spain | 617,180 |
| 45 |  Guyana | 559,113 |
| 46 |  Bolivia | 550,182 |
| 47 |  Benin | 519,667 |
| 48 |  Kazakhstan | 503,771 |
| 49 |  Nicaragua | 491,815 |
| 50 |  Afghanistan | 458,572 |
| 51 |  Burkina Faso | 451,000 |
| 52 |  Mauritania | 428,400 |
| 53 |  Australia | 422,978 |
| 54 |  Iraq | 422,463 |
| 55 |  Panama | 406,370 |
| 56 |  Cameroon | 362,294 |
| 57 |  Uzbekistan | 334,226 |
| 58 |  Uganda | 303,283 |
| 59 |  Suriname | 263,749 |
| 60 |  Mexico | 257,041 |
| 61 |  Liberia | 255,600 |
| 62 |  Chad | 242,647 |
| 63 |  Greece | 241,650 |
| 64 |  Cuba | 225,786 |
| 65 |  Guinea-Bissau | 213,918 |
| 66 |  Ethiopia | 200,000 |
| 67 |  Mozambique | 189,000 |
| 68 |  Kenya | 186,000 |
| 69 |  Portugal | 175,900 |
| 70 |  Haiti | 155,000 |
| 71 |  Costa Rica | 151,018 |
| 72 |  Togo | 150,000 |
| 73 |  Malawi | 147,100 |
| 74 |  Chile | 146,085 |
| 75 |  Rwanda | 131,758 |
| 76 |  Burundi | 120,000 |
| 10,000–100,000 tonnes | ||
| 77 |  Turkmenistan | 82,828 |
| 78 |  Tajikistan | 67,000 |
| 79 |  Zambia | 65,876 |
| 80 |  France | 62,340 |
| 81 |  Bulgaria | 58,120 |
| 82 |  Honduras | 53,820 |
| 83 |  Morocco | 50,901 |
| 84 |  Ukraine | 49,480 |
| 85 |  Kyrgyzstan | 46,338 |
| 86 |  Timor-Leste | 45,455 |
| 87 |  Gambia | 41,900 |
| 88 |  Bhutan | 40,508 |
| 89 |  Guatemala | 33,000 |
| 90 |  Comoros | 31,135 |
| 91 |  Sudan | 25,000 |
| 92 |  El Salvador | 24,000 |
| 93 |  Niger | 22,397 |
| 94 |  North Macedonia | 18,962 |
| 95 |  Belize | 14,990 |
| 96 |  Romania | 14,980 |
| 97 |  Central African Republic | 12,809 |
| 98 |  Angola | 10,514 |
| 99 |  Fiji | 10,368 |
| 100 |  Azerbaijan | 10,062 |
| 1,000–10,000 tonnes | ||
| 101 |  Hungary | 9,520 |
| 102 |  South Africa | 3,080 |
| 103 |  Zimbabwe | 2,908 |
| 104 |  Solomon Islands | 2,748 |
| 105 |  Brunei | 2,675 |
| 106 |  Gabon | 1,703 |
| 107 |  Somalia | 1,632 |
| 108 |  Republic of the Congo | 1,000 |
| 109 |  Eswatini | 1,000 |
| <1,000 tonnes | ||
| 110 |  Papua New Guinea | 880 |
| 111 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 351 |
| 112 |  Algeria | 314 |
| 113 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 175 |
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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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