Rice — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Rice — Production was 35.03 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
35.03 million t
Change on year
up 2.8%
Rank
8th
of 28 groups
All-time high
35.03 million t
in 2024
All-time low
7.12 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Rice — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for rice — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 35.03 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 35.03 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.12 million t, in 1961.

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Rice — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Rice — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 7.12 million t
1962 7.39 million t +3.9%
1963 7.70 million t +4.2%
1964 8.10 million t +5.2%
1965 7.72 million t -4.6%
1966 7.91 million t +2.5%
1967 8.13 million t +2.7%
1968 8.19 million t +0.8%
1969 8.95 million t +9.2%
1970 9.05 million t +1.2%
1971 9.22 million t +1.9%
1972 8.80 million t -4.6%
1973 9.77 million t +11.0%
1974 10.19 million t +4.3%
1975 10.60 million t +4.1%
1976 10.61 million t +0.1%
1977 10.57 million t -0.4%
1978 10.59 million t +0.2%
1979 10.35 million t -2.2%
1980 10.34 million t -0.1%
1981 10.84 million t +4.8%
1982 9.25 million t -14.7%
1983 10.42 million t +12.6%
1984 10.48 million t +0.6%
1985 10.74 million t +2.4%
1986 10.92 million t +1.6%
1987 11.35 million t +3.9%
1988 11.72 million t +3.3%
1989 12.43 million t +6.0%
1990 12.12 million t -2.4%
1991 13.47 million t +11.1%
1992 15.15 million t +12.5%
1993 15.30 million t +1.0%
1994 14.14 million t -7.6%
1995 13.06 million t -7.7%
1996 13.04 million t -0.2%
1997 13.37 million t +2.6%
1998 14.59 million t +9.1%
1999 15.18 million t +4.0%
2000 14.04 million t -7.5%
2001 14.61 million t +4.1%
2002 14.98 million t +2.5%
2003 16.30 million t +8.8%
2004 16.14 million t -1.0%
2005 17.50 million t +8.4%
2006 17.63 million t +0.7%
2007 17.60 million t -0.2%
2008 20.51 million t +16.5%
2009 20.75 million t +1.2%
2010 23.73 million t +14.4%
2011 23.91 million t +0.8%
2012 24.48 million t +2.4%
2013 25.26 million t +3.2%
2014 25.79 million t +2.1%
2015 24.77 million t -4.0%
2016 27.77 million t +12.1%
2017 26.40 million t -5.0%
2018 29.03 million t +10.0%
2019 30.16 million t +3.9%
2020 31.55 million t +4.6%
2021 32.13 million t +1.8%
2022 33.30 million t +3.6%
2023 34.07 million t +2.3%
2024 35.03 million t +2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 7.91 million t 7.12 million t 8.95 million t 9
1970s 9.98 million t 8.80 million t 10.61 million t 10
1980s 10.85 million t 9.25 million t 12.43 million t 10
1990s 13.94 million t 12.12 million t 15.30 million t 10
2000s 17.01 million t 14.04 million t 20.75 million t 10
2010s 26.13 million t 23.73 million t 30.16 million t 10
2020s 33.22 million t 31.55 million t 35.03 million t 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 5 Indonesia 53.14 million t compare
  2. 6 Thailand 33.55 million t compare
  3. 7 Myanmar 27.65 million t compare
  4. 8 Philippines 19.09 million t compare
  5. 9 Pakistan 14.59 million t compare
  6. 10 Cambodia 14.20 million t compare
  7. 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.94 million t compare
  8. 11 Brazil 10.67 million t compare
  9. 11 Türkiye 1.02 million t compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rice — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Rice — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 35.03 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rice — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 35.03 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 7.12 million t in 1961.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for rice — production?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
Is rice — production rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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