Rice — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Rice — Production was 226.35 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — production in Eastern Asia is 226.35 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 232.88 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 78.87 million t, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78.87 million t | — |
| 1962 | 88.57 million t | +12.3% |
| 1963 | 100.24 million t | +13.2% |
| 1964 | 109.73 million t | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 113.60 million t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 122.54 million t | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 122.50 million t | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 122.85 million t | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 124.23 million t | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 137.40 million t | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 140.24 million t | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 139.69 million t | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 148.81 million t | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 151.86 million t | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 155.12 million t | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 154.56 million t | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 160.33 million t | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 167.25 million t | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 172.74 million t | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 163.02 million t | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 169.98 million t | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 186.90 million t | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 194.64 million t | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 206.11 million t | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 195.87 million t | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 199.54 million t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 199.76 million t | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 194.25 million t | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 205.66 million t | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 214.26 million t | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 209.54 million t | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 213.26 million t | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 200.73 million t | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 202.97 million t | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 209.14 million t | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 218.51 million t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 224.15 million t | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 220.87 million t | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 221.28 million t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 210.56 million t | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 200.09 million t | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 196.33 million t | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 180.44 million t | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 200.54 million t | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 202.42 million t | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 202.75 million t | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 206.47 million t | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 214.43 million t | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 217.21 million t | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 217.61 million t | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 223.35 million t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 227.59 million t | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 227.64 million t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 230.84 million t | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 232.37 million t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 231.78 million t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 232.88 million t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 231.97 million t | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 229.76 million t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 230.91 million t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 232.33 million t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 227.66 million t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 225.25 million t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 226.35 million t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109.24 million t | 78.87 million t | 124.23 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 152.80 million t | 137.40 million t | 172.74 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 191.57 million t | 163.02 million t | 206.11 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 213.47 million t | 200.73 million t | 224.15 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 203.12 million t | 180.44 million t | 217.21 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 228.58 million t | 217.61 million t | 232.88 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 228.50 million t | 225.25 million t | 232.33 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 India 217.87 million t compare
- 2 China 209.17 million t compare
- 3 China, mainland 207.53 million t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 43.45 million t compare
- 4 Bangladesh 60.57 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 4.05 million t compare
- 5 Indonesia 53.14 million t compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.75 million t compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.48 million t compare
- 6 Thailand 33.55 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6734 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.2029 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.8644 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -0.0235 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — production in Eastern Asia?
- Rice — production in Eastern Asia was 226.35 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 232.88 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.87 million t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for rice — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.