Top 10 Rice producing countries in the world - production and area under cultivation [2020]

Top 10 Rice producing countries in the world - production and area under cultivation [2020] Last Modified: 22-Mar-2022 6:29 AM
  • 211,860,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in China. Ranked #1, the country accounts for 28.00% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 30,080,000 hectares. Yield: 70,432 hg/ha.
  • 178,305,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in India. Ranked #2, the country accounts for 23.56% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 45,000,000 hectares. Yield: 39,623 hg/ha.
  • 54,905,891 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Bangladesh. Ranked #3, the country accounts for 7.26% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 11,417,745 hectares. Yield: 48,088 hg/ha.
  • 54,649,202 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Indonesia. Ranked #4, the country accounts for 7.22% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 10,657,275 hectares. Yield: 51,279 hg/ha.
  • 42,758,897 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Vietnam. Ranked #5, the country accounts for 5.65% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 7,222,618 hectares. Yield: 59,201 hg/ha.
  • 30,231,025 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Thailand. Ranked #6, the country accounts for 3.99% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 10,401,653 hectares. Yield: 29,064 hg/ha.
  • 25,100,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Myanmar. Ranked #7, the country accounts for 3.32% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 6,655,811 hectares. Yield: 37,711 hg/ha.
  • 19,294,856 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Philippines. Ranked #8, the country accounts for 2.55% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 4,718,896 hectares. Yield: 40,888 hg/ha.
  • 11,091,011 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Brazil. Ranked #9, the country accounts for 1.47% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 1,677,705 hectares. Yield: 66,108 hg/ha.
  • 10,960,000 tonnes
    Annual production of Rice in Cambodia. Ranked #10, the country accounts for 1.45% of total world Rice production, Cultivated over 2,917,391 hectares. Yield: 37,568 hg/ha.
  • 756,743,722 tonnes
    Total world production of Rice. Cultivated over 164,192,164 hectares. The top 10 producing countries account for 84.46% of global production.
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