Rice and products — Processing 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...
What the numbers show
Rice and products — Processing is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 1,395 1000 t in Myanmar; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Slovenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.5 1000 t, and the mean is 183.47 1000 t.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 4,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 100.0%).
Rice and products — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myanmar | 1,395 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 2 | Thailand | 1,314 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 1,158 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 4 | India | 1,018 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.6% | flat |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 952 1000 t | 2023 | up 547.6% | volatile |
| 6 | China | 872 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 7 | China, mainland | 822 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 8 | Laos | 593 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 593 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 10 | United States | 458 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 11 | Mexico | 427 1000 t | 2023 | up 149.7% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 353 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 353 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Colombia | 256 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 229 1000 t | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 190 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 190 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 18 | Australia and New Zealand | 144 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 141 1000 t | 2023 | up 4,600.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 138 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,154.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 108 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 107 1000 t | 2023 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 105 1000 t | 2023 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 97 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 92 1000 t | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 86 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 71 1000 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Caribbean | 69 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 29 | Ecuador | 68 1000 t | 2020 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | flat |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 64 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | flat |
| 32 | Mozambique | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 286.7% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 52 1000 t | 2023 | up 188.9% | rising |
| 34 | Congo | 51 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 51 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 36 | China, Taiwan Province of | 49 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 37 | Egypt | 46 1000 t | 2023 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Malaysia | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 39 | Philippines | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,166.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Canada | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 36 1000 t | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 42 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 28 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 43 | France | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 45 | Syria | 16 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 45 | Syrian Arab Republic | 16 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 47 | Honduras | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 48 | Madagascar | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 50 | Bahamas | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | flat |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 53 | Pakistan | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Greece | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 57 | Jamaica | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 57 | Liberia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4 1000 t | 2018 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 60 | New Zealand | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 60 | El Salvador | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 64 | Senegal | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 65 | Botswana | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Fiji | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Saint Lucia | 1 1000 t | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Niger | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Eswatini | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Melanesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Suriname | 0 1000 t | 2018 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 71 | Slovenia | 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 11,270 1000 t
- Asia 7,263 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 3,735 1000 t
- Americas 2,860 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,765 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,323 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 2,278 1000 t
- South America 1,851 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1,229 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 705 1000 t
- Europe 567 1000 t
- Northern America 496 1000 t
- United States of America 458 1000 t
- Central America 444 1000 t
- Africa 436 1000 t
- European Union (27) 377 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 280 1000 t
- Southern Europe 203 1000 t
- Northern Europe 190 1000 t
- Western Africa 155 1000 t
- Oceania 145 1000 t
- Western Europe 138 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 96 1000 t
- Southern Africa 88 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 73 1000 t
- Middle Africa 52 1000 t
- Northern Africa 46 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 36 1000 t
- Western Asia 16 1000 t
- Central Asia 5 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.