Rice — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Rice — Production was 171.21 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 171.21 million t, measured in 2024. 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 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 171.21 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34.24 million t, in 1961.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34.24 million t | — |
| 1962 | 34.89 million t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 38.60 million t | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 39.94 million t | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 38.45 million t | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 35.80 million t | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 41.02 million t | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 43.64 million t | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 45.05 million t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 45.65 million t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 42.53 million t | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 40.62 million t | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 44.61 million t | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 43.80 million t | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 47.81 million t | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 46.23 million t | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 48.92 million t | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 50.96 million t | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 50.09 million t | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 56.26 million t | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 57.35 million t | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 58.52 million t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 60.07 million t | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 59.87 million t | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 60.97 million t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 62.24 million t | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 61.48 million t | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 62.10 million t | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 67.76 million t | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 68.78 million t | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 66.68 million t | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 70.47 million t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 72.86 million t | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 74.11 million t | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 76.00 million t | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 78.86 million t | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 78.53 million t | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 78.16 million t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 93.24 million t | +19.3% |
| 2000 | 96.15 million t | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 95.83 million t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 98.06 million t | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 103.39 million t | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 102.18 million t | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 113.26 million t | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 117.67 million t | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 118.95 million t | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 134.38 million t | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 134.67 million t | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 136.22 million t | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 137.23 million t | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 136.17 million t | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 140.82 million t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 141.42 million t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 141.75 million t | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 143.71 million t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 141.44 million t | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 148.58 million t | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 149.74 million t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 154.80 million t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 159.47 million t | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 156.96 million t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 166.73 million t | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 171.21 million t | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.07 million t | 34.24 million t | 45.05 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 46.12 million t | 40.62 million t | 50.96 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.66 million t | 56.26 million t | 67.76 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.77 million t | 66.68 million t | 93.24 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 111.45 million t | 95.83 million t | 134.67 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 141.71 million t | 136.17 million t | 149.74 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 161.83 million t | 154.80 million t | 171.21 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 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
- 7 Myanmar 27.65 million t compare
- 8 Philippines 19.09 million t compare
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- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -0.615 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate 0.0746 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 3.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 6.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 8.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.6745 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.3485 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Rice — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 171.21 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 171.21 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.24 million t in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for rice — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.