Countries by Rice Production 2024
About This Dataset
Countries by Rice Production 2024
Countries ranked by total milled rice production in 2024, measured in millions of metric tons according to USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. China and India together produce approximately 56% of the world's rice — a fact that underscores the crop's centrality to Asian food security, with rice providing more than 20% of global caloric intake and remaining the primary staple food for over half of the world's population.
Analysis
China heads the table on 145, ahead of India (130) and Bangladesh (36) in Rice Production (Million Metric Tons) in 2024. China and India together hold 65.6% of the combined total of all 8 entities. Only 2 of the 8 reach even half the leader's figure (72.5 or more).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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China leads in Rice Production (Million Metric Tons) with 145 in 2024.
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Average Rice Production (Million Metric Tons) in 2024: 52 · median: 31.
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Gap in 2024: China is 12.1× larger than Philippines.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Rice Production (Million Metric Tons)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
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