Rice — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Rice — Production was 137.46 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
137.46 million t
Change on year
up 2.7%
Rank
7th
of 33 groups
All-time high
137.46 million t
in 2024
All-time low
28.99 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Rice — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024

25.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, rice — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 137.46 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 137.46 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.99 million t, in 1962.

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 7th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 32.47 million t 28.99 million t 35.91 million t 9
1970s 36.09 million t 31.63 million t 39.31 million t 10
1980s 47.97 million t 44.46 million t 54.78 million t 10
1990s 59.12 million t 52.75 million t 72.22 million t 10
2000s 88.78 million t 75.58 million t 108.80 million t 10
2010s 115.40 million t 110.78 million t 122.93 million t 10
2020s 131.23 million t 125.03 million t 137.46 million t 5

Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

  1. 4 Bangladesh 60.57 million t compare
  2. 5 Indonesia 53.14 million t compare
  3. 6 Viet Nam 43.45 million t compare
  4. 7 Thailand 33.55 million t compare
  5. 8 Myanmar 27.65 million t compare
  6. 9 Philippines 19.09 million t compare
  7. 10 Pakistan 14.59 million t compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

All data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) →

Frequently asked questions

What is rice — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Rice — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 137.46 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rice — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 137.46 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 28.99 million t in 1962.
How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for rice — production?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 7th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is rice — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.