Agriculture · crop production
China rice production
One archived FAOSTAT QCL release tracks China’s rice production, world share and major producing countries from 1961 to 2024. The page opens on the latest year; pressing Play at 2024 restarts from 1961.
China and the world · formal data
China's share of world rice production
China and World both use Item=Rice, Element=Production and Unit=t from one archived QCL file. Every China and World observation from 1961 to 2024 carries flag A (Official figure).
Source: FAOSTAT ↗ · FAOSTAT QCL; same-source, same-year and same-unit derivationchinainfigures.com
China's rice production was 209.173 million tonnes in 2024, up 0.5% from 2023. Rice production here is not milled-rice output, consumption, stocks, exports, harvested area or yield.
Annual rice production by country
10 selected countries · million tonnes
2024
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Defaults to the 2024 top ten. Keep at least two countries; missing observations are never interpolated.
Source: FAOSTAT ↗ · FAO area codes ↗ · Defaults to 2024; Play at the latest year restarts from 1961; A/E/I/X flags remain in tooltips and the tablechinainfigures.com
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The page opens on 2024. If Play is pressed at 2024, the animation restarts at 1961; if the chart is on an intermediate year, it continues from there. Moving the slider, changing countries or stepping years pauses playback.
The default country set is the formal 2024 top ten. Rankings accept only pure three-letter FAO ISO3 codes: China maps to CHN and remains, while China, mainland maps to CH_ and is excluded to prevent duplication. FAOSTAT flags are A=Official figure, E=Estimated value, I=Imputed value and X=Figure from an external organization.
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| Rank | Country | Production (million tonnes) | Source flag |
|---|
2024 top ten and source flags
| Rank | Country | Million tonnes | Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 217.868 | A | Official figure |
| 2 | China | 209.173 | A | Official figure |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 60.570 | A | Official figure |
| 4 | Indonesia | 53.143 | A | Official figure |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 43.450 | A | Official figure |
| 6 | Thailand | 33.551 | A | Official figure |
| 7 | Myanmar | 27.650 | X | Figure from external organization |
| 8 | Philippines | 19.087 | A | Official figure |
| 9 | Pakistan | 14.585 | A | Official figure |
| 10 | Cambodia | 14.200 | X | Figure from external organization |
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Rice production indicator and global share added
Added 1961–2024 China rice production, same-source world shares and the 2024 FAOSTAT country ranking with source flags.
Related sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ↗ · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ↗
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