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Rice seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes) by country

Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or...

Countries reporting
41
Highest
152,649 FAO, metric tonnes
Madagascar
Lowest
0 FAO, metric tonnes
Mauritius
Median
2,750 FAO, metric tonnes
Years covered
51
1961–2011
Data points
2,352

What the numbers show

Rice seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 152,649 FAO, metric tonnes in Madagascar; the lowest is 0 FAO, metric tonnes in Mauritius.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,750 FAO, metric tonnes, and the mean is 20,129 FAO, metric tonnes.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 801.2%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 100.0%).

Rice seed quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 152,649 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 56.9% rising
2 Nigeria 128,977 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 18.1% volatile
3 Tanzania 100,739 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 97.9% volatile
4 Egypt 83,046 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 18.4% rising
5 Mali 83,041 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 130.4% volatile
6 Sierra Leone 60,392 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 43.8% rising
7 Guinea 42,500 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 35.0% volatile
8 Côte d’Ivoire 41,766 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 11.5% rising
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 21,125 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 17.4% rising
10 Mozambique 15,619 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 95.2% rising
11 Liberia 12,500 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 108.3% falling
12 Ghana 10,861 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 60.8% rising
13 Uganda 9,000 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 12.5% volatile
14 Chad 8,170 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 57.4% volatile
15 Senegal 7,642 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 43.6% rising
16 Guinea-Bissau 7,441 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 56.3% rising
17 Burkina Faso 6,813 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 190.7% volatile
18 Togo 3,577 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 39.7% rising
19 Malawi 3,447 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 9.8% rising
20 Gambia 3,150 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 275.4% volatile
21 Cameroon 2,750 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 37.5% volatile
22 Comoros 2,730 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 18.0% rising
23 Mauritania 2,485 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 47.1% volatile
24 Angola 2,334 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 801.2% volatile
25 Kenya 1,962 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 115.6% volatile
26 Central African Republic 1,750 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 35.9% rising
27 المغرب 1,681 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 50.1% rising
28 Benin 1,680 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 41.2% volatile
29 Burundi 1,410 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 46.9% volatile
30 Niger 1,130 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 21.0% rising
31 Zambia 1,100 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 161.9% volatile
32 Rwanda 948 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 126.8% volatile
33 Sudan 332 FAO, metric tonnes 2010 up 35.0% volatile
34 Somalia 250 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 56.2% volatile
35 Congo 126 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 57.5% volatile
36 جنوب إفريقيا 71 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 32.4% falling
37 Gabon 61 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 24.5% rising
38 Algeria 23 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 8.0% volatile
39 Zimbabwe 15 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 25.0% volatile
40 Eswatini 4 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 20.0% volatile
41 Mauritius 0 FAO, metric tonnes 1992 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Rice seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)
Unit
FAO, metric tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
47 places, 2,352 data points, 1961–2011
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Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or successive sowing or planting whenever it occurs. The data of seed include also, when it is the case, the quantities necessary for sowing or planting the area relating to crops harvested green for fodder or for food.(e.g. green peas, green beans, maize for forage) Data for seed element are stored in tonnes (t). Whenever official data were not available, seed figures have been estimated either as a percentage of supply (e.g. eggs for hatching) or by multiplying a seed rate with the area under the crop of the subsequent year.