Rice — Gross Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) by country
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.
Countries reporting
106
Highest
1,106
Puerto Rico
Lowest
2.87
Mauritius
Median
109.34
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,865
What the numbers show
Rice — Gross Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 1,106 in Puerto Rico; the lowest is 2.87 in Mauritius.
The median across all reporting countries is 109.34, and the mean is 126.54.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 385.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 7,062.2%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 99.3%).
Rice — Gross Production Index Number: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 1,106 | 2024 | up 7,062.2% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 458.26 | 2024 | up 312.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 420.11 | 2024 | up 470.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Ghana | 267.11 | 2024 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Kenya | 256.31 | 2024 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 6 | South Sudan | 255.31 | 2024 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 7 | Benin | 208.62 | 2024 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 204.69 | 2024 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 9 | Senegal | 196.18 | 2024 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Tajikistan | 187.12 | 2024 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Guinea | 179.39 | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritania | 178.93 | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Niger | 165.23 | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Burundi | 161.47 | 2024 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 154.66 | 2024 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 151.69 | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 149.63 | 2024 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Cambodia | 148.89 | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 146.16 | 2024 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 145.62 | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Brunei Darussalam | 142.58 | 2024 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 141.39 | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Pakistan | 141.24 | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 24 | India | 135.6 | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 25 | Somalia | 135.59 | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 131.4 | 2017 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Uganda | 130.41 | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 129.91 | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Panama | 129.62 | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 30 | Madagascar | 129.47 | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 31 | Chad | 129.34 | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Angola | 129.27 | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 128.48 | 2024 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 127.72 | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Togo | 126.9 | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Paraguay | 125.22 | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Nepal | 124.78 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 124.07 | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Egypt | 123.7 | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 123.4 | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 118.21 | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Fiji | 118.2 | 2024 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 43 | Guyana | 117.14 | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Liberia | 116.9 | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 45 | Russian Federation | 116.59 | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 46 | Malawi | 116.44 | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 116.23 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 114.98 | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Mali | 113.6 | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 50 | France | 113.48 | 2017 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 51 | Eswatini | 112.79 | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 111.69 | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 53 | Belize | 111.54 | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Thailand | 107.14 | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 106.73 | 2017 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 105.47 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 57 | Philippines | 104.6 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 58 | Myanmar | 104.26 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 59 | Australia | 104.15 | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 104.15 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 59 | Australia and New Zealand | 104.15 | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Gabon | 104.11 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 63 | Algeria | 103.52 | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Portugal | 103.41 | 2017 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 100.84 | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 66 | China, Taiwan Province of | 100.56 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 67 | Solomon Islands | 100.51 | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 68 | South Africa | 100.42 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 69 | Greece | 99.45 | 2017 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 70 | Spain | 98.51 | 2017 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 71 | Iraq | 98.41 | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 72 | China | 98.4 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 73 | China, mainland | 98.38 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 74 | Uruguay | 96.76 | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Gambia | 95.38 | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 76 | Guatemala | 94.92 | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 94.08 | 2017 | up 91.4% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 93.77 | 2017 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 93.26 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 80 | Mozambique | 92.76 | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 81 | Japan | 91.95 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 82 | Indonesia | 91.56 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 83 | Brazil | 91.21 | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 91.21 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 85 | Haiti | 90.45 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 86 | Republic of Korea | 84.24 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 87 | Argentina | 83.49 | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Suriname | 82.42 | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 89 | Congo | 82.2 | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 75.77 | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 91 | Chile | 75.36 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 92 | Sudan | 72.38 | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 93 | Zambia | 72.37 | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 65.05 | 2024 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 95 | Comoros | 55.56 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Bhutan | 51.87 | 2024 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.47 | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Honduras | 34.35 | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 30.86 | 2024 | down 71.4% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 30.49 | 2024 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 101 | Ukraine | 25.27 | 2024 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 16.68 | 2024 | down 85.6% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 12.04 | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Jamaica | 5.6 | 2019 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | 5.51 | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritius | 2.87 | 2019 | down 93.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 183.55
- Western Africa 139.73
- Middle Africa 169.6
- Africa 137.05
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 137.03
- Eastern Africa 134.2
- United Republic of Tanzania 134.62
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 134.14
- Southern Asia 130.8
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 119.65
- Northern Africa 122.27
- Türkiye 114.49
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 120.26
- Melanesia 112.64
- Central Asia 116.28
- Asia 110.46
- Côte d'Ivoire 114.08
- Micronesia 106.09
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 106.09
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 113.81
- Western Asia 112.27
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 100
- World 111.04
- Viet Nam 97.88
- Eastern Europe 108.42
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 95.9
- Northern America 104.34
- United States of America 104.34
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 94.96
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 91.83
- Oceania 104.3
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 91.8
- Southern Africa 103.2
- Timor-Leste 84.41
- South-Eastern Asia 101.03
- South America 100.27
- Americas 100.13
- Eastern Asia 97.71
- Europe 94.87
- Central America 89.88
About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.