Thailand vs Viet Nam: Rice — Production
Rice — Production over time
- Thailand
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 43.45 million t against 33.55 million t in Thailand, a difference of 9.90 million t.
That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.3 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Thailand ahead.
Thailand ranks 6th and Viet Nam ranks 3rd of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Thailand averaged higher in 3 and Viet Nam in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Thailand | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.87 million t | 9.14 million t | 2.73 million t | Thailand |
| 1970s | 14.58 million t | 10.74 million t | 3.84 million t | Thailand |
| 1980s | 19.09 million t | 15.17 million t | 3.92 million t | Thailand |
| 1990s | 20.93 million t | 24.65 million t | 3.72 million t | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 29.47 million t | 35.51 million t | 6.04 million t | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 33.80 million t | 43.37 million t | 9.56 million t | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 32.68 million t | 43.25 million t | 10.57 million t | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — production, Thailand or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 43.45 million t against 33.55 million t in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — production between Thailand and Viet Nam?
- 9.90 million t, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Thailand and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Thailand and Viet Nam rank globally for rice — production?
- Thailand ranks 6th and Viet Nam ranks 3rd of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.