Rice and products — Import quantity by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
Countries reporting
193
Highest
4,922 1000 t
Indonesia
Lowest
0 1000 t
Tonga
Median
128 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046
What the numbers show
Rice and products — Import quantity is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 4,922 1000 t in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 128 1000 t, and the mean is 502.43 1000 t.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 45,533.3%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 100.0%).
Rice and products — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 4,922 1000 t | 2023 | up 535.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Belgium | 4,751 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 3 | Philippines | 4,671 1000 t | 2023 | up 620.8% | volatile |
| 4 | China | 4,487 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 3,876 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 6 | Iraq | 2,777 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 7 | Caribbean | 2,365 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 8 | Senegal | 2,338 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 9 | Malaysia | 2,274 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,179 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,179 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 12 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,093 1000 t | 2023 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 13 | United States | 2,007 1000 t | 2023 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 1,879 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 1,697 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 1,506 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,506 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 18 | Cuba | 1,489 1000 t | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 1,486 1000 t | 2023 | up 128.6% | rising |
| 20 | Guinea | 1,449 1000 t | 2023 | up 161.6% | rising |
| 21 | Vietnam | 1,369 1000 t | 2023 | up 45,533.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 1,369 1000 t | 2023 | up 45,533.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 1,262 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 1,250 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 1,244 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 26 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,193 1000 t | 2023 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 1,155 1000 t | 2023 | up 218.2% | rising |
| 27 | Türkiye | 1,155 1000 t | 2023 | up 218.2% | rising |
| 29 | Mozambique | 1,086 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Ghana | 1,044 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 31 | Liberia | 990 1000 t | 2023 | up 139.1% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 915 1000 t | 2023 | up 284.5% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 905 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 893 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 889 1000 t | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 36 | Djibouti | 877 1000 t | 2023 | up 843.0% | volatile |
| 37 | France | 876 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 38 | Cameroon | 827 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 39 | Yemen | 803 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 799 1000 t | 2023 | up 141.4% | rising |
| 41 | Mexico | 792 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 42 | Haiti | 787 1000 t | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 774 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 44 | Melanesia | 744 1000 t | 2023 | up 192.9% | rising |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 664 1000 t | 2023 | up 395.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Nepal | 640 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 635 1000 t | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 48 | Madagascar | 620 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 576 1000 t | 2023 | up 562.1% | rising |
| 50 | Spain | 568 1000 t | 2023 | up 369.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 562 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 52 | East Timor | 508 1000 t | 2023 | up 211.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Timor-Leste | 508 1000 t | 2023 | up 211.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Angola | 498 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 465 1000 t | 2023 | up 255.0% | rising |
| 56 | Poland | 460 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 57 | Australia and New Zealand | 448 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 447 1000 t | 2023 | up 181.1% | rising |
| 59 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 441 1000 t | 2023 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 60 | United Republic of Tanzania | 439 1000 t | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 61 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 419 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 385 1000 t | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 368 1000 t | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Australia | 359 1000 t | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 357 1000 t | 2023 | up 168.4% | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 351 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 67 | Russia | 338 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 338 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 69 | Algeria | 336 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 330 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 71 | Oman | 320 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 72 | Egypt | 317 1000 t | 2023 | up 860.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Guinea-Bissau | 312 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.6% | rising |
| 74 | Republic of Korea | 288 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 75 | Portugal | 283 1000 t | 2023 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 76 | Rwanda | 243 1000 t | 2023 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Qatar | 225 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 78 | Jordan | 216 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 210 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 204 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 81 | Israel | 197 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 82 | Comoros | 194 1000 t | 2023 | up 218.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Panama | 194 1000 t | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 84 | Syria | 191 1000 t | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Syrian Arab Republic | 191 1000 t | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 180 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 165 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 87 | Uzbekistan | 165 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | China, Taiwan Province of | 162 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 90 | Gabon | 155 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 150 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 92 | Sweden | 148 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 93 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 142 1000 t | 2018 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 94 | Bhutan | 133 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 95 | Morocco | 129 1000 t | 2023 | up 514.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Congo | 128 1000 t | 2023 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 96 | El Salvador | 128 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritius | 127 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 124 1000 t | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 100 | Jamaica | 120 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 119 1000 t | 2023 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Ukraine | 118 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 103 | Romania | 108 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 104 | Austria | 105 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 105 | Laos | 103 1000 t | 2023 | up 472.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 103 1000 t | 2023 | up 472.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Botswana | 96 1000 t | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 108 | Bahrain | 92 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 109 | New Zealand | 89 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 110 | Lebanon | 87 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 111 | Denmark | 85 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 112 | Finland | 82 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 113 | Mongolia | 81 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 81 1000 t | 2023 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 78 1000 t | 2023 | up 188.9% | rising |
| 115 | Libya | 78 1000 t | 2023 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 115 | Mauritania | 78 1000 t | 2023 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Hungary | 75 1000 t | 2023 | up 188.5% | rising |
| 119 | Fiji | 72 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 120 | Zambia | 71 1000 t | 2023 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Eswatini | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 122 | Cabo Verde | 67 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 123 | Thailand | 62 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 60 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 124 | Serbia | 60 1000 t | 2023 | up 172.7% | rising |
| 126 | Lithuania | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 127 | Ireland | 57 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 53 1000 t | 2023 | up 103.8% | falling |
| 129 | Norway | 52 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 130 | Namibia | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 130 | Slovakia | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 132 | Slovenia | 48 1000 t | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 47 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 44 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Greece | 42 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 36 1000 t | 2023 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 137 | Albania | 35 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 139 | Maldives | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 139 | China, Macao SAR | 30 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 141 | Ecuador | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 2,400.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Lesotho | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 666.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Cambodia | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Micronesia | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 145 | Croatia | 21 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 146 | Polynesia | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 147 | Georgia | 18 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Kyrgyzstan | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Tunisia | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 150 | Armenia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Bahamas | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 151 | Cyprus | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 153 | Kiribati | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 153 | Latvia | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 153 | Moldova | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 153 | Myanmar | 13 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Nigeria | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Republic of Moldova | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Pakistan | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Samoa | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 162 | India | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Malta | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 162 | Seychelles | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 166 | Barbados | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 166 | French Polynesia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 168 | Estonia | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 170 | New Caledonia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 172 | Uruguay | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 172 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 177 | Grenada | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 177 | Iceland | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Belarus | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 95.9% | falling |
| 179 | Montenegro | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 182 | Argentina | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 88.9% | falling |
| 182 | Belize | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Malawi | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Nauru | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Paraguay | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 182 | Tuvalu | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 182 | Nauru | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | North Macedonia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Suriname | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Turkmenistan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Tonga | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 86,956 1000 t
- Asia 33,143 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 31,109 1000 t
- Africa 28,028 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 23,880 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 22,949 1000 t
- Western Africa 15,390 1000 t
- Europe 14,016 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 13,945 1000 t
- European Union (27) 11,766 1000 t
- Americas 10,536 1000 t
- Western Asia 9,191 1000 t
- Western Europe 8,731 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 7,322 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 6,523 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 6,301 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4,408 1000 t
- Southern Asia 3,422 1000 t
- Northern America 3,257 1000 t
- South America 2,924 1000 t
- Southern Africa 2,115 1000 t
- Middle Africa 2,105 1000 t
- Northern Europe 2,010 1000 t
- United States of America 2,007 1000 t
- Central America 1,991 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 1,748 1000 t
- Southern Europe 1,527 1000 t
- Oceania 1,234 1000 t
- Northern Africa 1,095 1000 t
- Central Asia 284 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.