Rice — Production in Asia

Asia: Rice — Production was 733.66 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
733.66 million t
Change on year
up 1.7%
Rank
1st
of 18 groups
All-time high
733.66 million t
in 2024
All-time low
198.78 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Rice — Production in Asia, 1961–2024

200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Asia recorded 733.66 million t for rice — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — production in Asia peaked at 733.66 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 198.78 million t, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Rice — Production in Asia, year by year

Annual values for Rice — Production in Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 198.78 million t —
1962 207.41 million t +4.3%
1963 227.56 million t +9.7%
1964 242.17 million t +6.4%
1965 232.17 million t -4.1%
1966 240.23 million t +3.5%
1967 253.59 million t +5.6%
1968 263.98 million t +4.1%
1969 270.81 million t +2.6%
1970 290.10 million t +7.1%
1971 292.17 million t +0.7%
1972 281.75 million t -3.6%
1973 307.60 million t +9.2%
1974 302.82 million t -1.6%
1975 324.81 million t +7.3%
1976 315.33 million t -2.9%
1977 337.70 million t +7.1%
1978 353.10 million t +4.6%
1979 341.47 million t -3.3%
1980 360.11 million t +5.5%
1981 372.52 million t +3.4%
1982 383.41 million t +2.9%
1983 414.84 million t +8.2%
1984 427.80 million t +3.1%
1985 429.94 million t +0.5%
1986 429.49 million t -0.1%
1987 421.33 million t -1.9%
1988 444.02 million t +5.4%
1989 469.27 million t +5.7%
1990 477.69 million t +1.8%
1991 473.33 million t -0.9%
1992 485.94 million t +2.7%
1993 482.76 million t -0.7%
1994 492.45 million t +2.0%
1995 497.60 million t +1.0%
1996 507.53 million t +2.0%
1997 526.26 million t +3.7%
1998 524.21 million t -0.4%
1999 555.92 million t +6.0%
2000 543.28 million t -2.3%
2001 546.16 million t +0.5%
2002 522.48 million t -4.3%
2003 532.00 million t +1.8%
2004 546.70 million t +2.8%
2005 569.39 million t +4.2%
2006 580.64 million t +2.0%
2007 590.77 million t +1.7%
2008 623.57 million t +5.6%
2009 614.62 million t -1.4%
2010 625.01 million t +1.7%
2011 655.71 million t +4.9%
2012 660.68 million t +0.8%
2013 663.77 million t +0.5%
2014 668.55 million t +0.7%
2015 664.32 million t -0.6%
2016 659.61 million t -0.7%
2017 667.62 million t +1.2%
2018 689.64 million t +3.3%
2019 680.28 million t -1.4%
2020 691.84 million t +1.7%
2021 710.99 million t +2.8%
2022 701.11 million t -1.4%
2023 721.20 million t +2.9%
2024 733.66 million t +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 237.41 million t 198.78 million t 270.81 million t 9
1970s 314.68 million t 281.75 million t 353.10 million t 10
1980s 415.27 million t 360.11 million t 469.27 million t 10
1990s 502.37 million t 473.33 million t 555.92 million t 10
2000s 566.96 million t 522.48 million t 623.57 million t 10
2010s 663.52 million t 625.01 million t 689.64 million t 10
2020s 711.76 million t 691.84 million t 733.66 million t 5

Countries ranked near Asia

  1. 1 India 217.87 million t compare
  2. 2 China 209.17 million t compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 207.53 million t compare
  4. 3 Viet Nam 43.45 million t compare
  5. 4 Bangladesh 60.57 million t compare
  6. 4 United Republic of Tanzania 4.05 million t compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rice — production in Asia?
Rice — production in Asia was 733.66 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rice — production recorded in Asia?
The highest recorded value was 733.66 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 198.78 million t in 1961.
How does Asia rank for rice — production?
Asia ranks 1st out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
Is rice — production rising or falling in Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rice — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 9,589 data points, 1961–2024
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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.