Which country has the highest Rice Consumption?

China has the highest Rice Consumption in 2023, at 185M t, followed by India (145.4M t) and Indonesia (52.3M t).

Which country has the lowest Rice Consumption?

Tuvalu has the lowest Rice Consumption in 2023, at 1,000 t.

What is the median Rice Consumption across countries?

The median is 197K t across the 172 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this rice consumption by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Country rankings

Rice Consumption by Country

Name: Rice Consumption by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Rice Consumption in 2023 (185M t), followed by India (145.4M t) and Indonesia (52.3M t). Tuvalu has the lowest (1,000 t).

Agriculture176 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Jun 20, 2025Original page

1 source

Food Balances - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Showing

Year

172 of 235 countries

Compare this metric Add to combined ranking Open full map

Rice Consumption, 2023

Darker means higher. Click a place to highlight it.

Loading map…

Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 172 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

197K t

Middle half 36.5K t – 1.1M t

Average

3.6M t

172 countries

Highest

185M t

China

Lowest

1,000 t

Tuvalu

Over time · 2010–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

Median of all countries
China
India
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Philippines

Data

Click a column to sort, a row to highlight that place on the charts.

174 countries · # = rank by Rice Consumption

#
1	China	185M t	130.08 kg/yr
2	India	145.4M t	101.09 kg/yr
3	Indonesia	52.3M t	186.09 kg/yr
4	Bangladesh	43M t	250.56 kg/yr
5	Philippines	23M t	200.38 kg/yr
6	Vietnam	22.1M t	219.9 kg/yr
7	Myanmar	14.7M t	271.44 kg/yr
8	Thailand	12.4M t	172.49 kg/yr
9	Brazil	7.8M t	36.85 kg/yr
10	Nigeria	7.6M t	33.24 kg/yr
11	Egypt	5.5M t	48.27 kg/yr
12	United States	4.8M t	13.83 kg/yr
13	Madagascar	4.7M t	150.4 kg/yr
14	Cambodia	4.6M t	262.56 kg/yr
15	Sri Lanka	4.2M t	184.36 kg/yr
16	South Korea	4.2M t	80.94 kg/yr
17	Malaysia	4.1M t	117.77 kg/yr
18	Nepal	4M t	135.37 kg/yr
19	Ivory Coast	3.5M t	111.81 kg/yr
20	Tanzania	3.2M t	48.11 kg/yr
21	Iran	3.1M t	34.44 kg/yr
22	Iraq	2.9M t	74.53 kg/yr
23	Pakistan	2.5M t	9.9 kg/yr
24	Colombia	2.4M t	46.54 kg/yr
25	Guinea	2.4M t	168.54 kg/yr
26	Peru	2.3M t	67.49 kg/yr
27	Senegal	2.2M t	124.01 kg/yr
28	Ghana	2M t	59.73 kg/yr
29	DR Congo	1.8M t	16.77 kg/yr
30	Laos	1.7M t	224.8 kg/yr
31	Kenya	1.7M t	30.56 kg/yr
32	Sierra Leone	1.6M t	191.66 kg/yr
33	Saudi Arabia	1.6M t	48.57 kg/yr
34	South Africa	1.5M t	24.41 kg/yr
35	Taiwan	1.4M t	61.03 kg/yr
36	Mozambique	1.4M t	40.61 kg/yr
37	Afghanistan	1.3M t	32.27 kg/yr
38	Turkey	1.3M t	15.31 kg/yr
39	Russia	1.3M t	8.8 kg/yr
40	Burkina Faso	1.3M t	54.45 kg/yr
41	Venezuela	1.2M t	43.37 kg/yr
42	Cameroon	1.2M t	42.98 kg/yr
43	Ecuador	1.1M t	63.3 kg/yr
44	Ethiopia	1.1M t	8.42 kg/yr
45	Mexico	1.1M t	8.22 kg/yr
46	Canada	1.1M t	26.78 kg/yr
47	Niger	1.1M t	40.16 kg/yr
48	Haiti	935K t	80.37 kg/yr
49	United Kingdom	928K t	13.51 kg/yr
50	Liberia	892K t	162.41 kg/yr
51	Gambia	838K t	310.73 kg/yr
52	Dominican Republic	816K t	72.03 kg/yr
53	Yemen	802K t	20.36 kg/yr
54	Uganda	708K t	14.56 kg/yr
55	Bolivia	668K t	54.55 kg/yr
56	France	631K t	9.5 kg/yr
57	Papua New Guinea	620K t	59.67 kg/yr
58	Nicaragua	616K t	90.28 kg/yr
59	Germany	597K t	7.06 kg/yr
60	Argentina	564K t	12.38 kg/yr
61	Italy	562K t	9.44 kg/yr
62	Angola	551K t	14.99 kg/yr
63	Guinea-Bissau	516K t	239.42 kg/yr
64	Belgium	513K t	43.76 kg/yr
65	Panama	512K t	114.77 kg/yr
66	Spain	454K t	9.48 kg/yr
66	United Arab Emirates	454K t	42.7 kg/yr
68	Uzbekistan	444K t	12.45 kg/yr
69	Mauritania	400K t	79.64 kg/yr
70	Hong Kong	382K t	51.35 kg/yr
71	Australia	380K t	14.36 kg/yr
72	Rwanda	368K t	26.4 kg/yr
73	Costa Rica	366K t	71.78 kg/yr
74	Kuwait	339K t	70.07 kg/yr
75	Algeria	321K t	6.95 kg/yr
76	Zimbabwe	312K t	19.1 kg/yr
77	Qatar	281K t	94.45 kg/yr
78	Oman	270K t	53.38 kg/yr
79	Israel	255K t	27.52 kg/yr
80	Kazakhstan	254K t	12.5 kg/yr
81	Timor-Leste	251K t	181.09 kg/yr
82	Jordan	239K t	20.94 kg/yr
82	Portugal	239K t	22.87 kg/yr
84	Poland	236K t	6.09 kg/yr
85	Chile	230K t	11.68 kg/yr
86	Honduras	200K t	18.77 kg/yr
87	Comoros	194K t	228.68 kg/yr
88	Tajikistan	192K t	18.48 kg/yr
89	Guatemala	184K t	10.14 kg/yr
90	Gabon	156K t	62.84 kg/yr
91	Morocco	148K t	3.91 kg/yr
92	Bhutan	136K t	172.4 kg/yr
93	Malawi	135K t	6.38 kg/yr
93	Sweden	135K t	12.84 kg/yr
95	Ukraine	120K t	3.17 kg/yr
96	Jamaica	103K t	36.34 kg/yr
97	Zambia	102K t	4.93 kg/yr
97	El Salvador	102K t	16.18 kg/yr
99	Bahrain	100K t	63.91 kg/yr
100	Botswana	88K t	35.48 kg/yr
101	Netherlands	86K t	4.74 kg/yr
102	Libya	84K t	11.56 kg/yr
102	New Zealand	84K t	16.25 kg/yr
102	Mauritius	84K t	65.98 kg/yr
105	Azerbaijan	83K t	8.06 kg/yr
106	Lebanon	81K t	14.04 kg/yr
107	Mongolia	79K t	23.03 kg/yr
108	Czechia	78K t	7.21 kg/yr
109	Austria	77K t	8.47 kg/yr
110	Finland	75K t	13.37 kg/yr
110	Guyana	75K t	90.56 kg/yr
112	Solomon Islands	72K t	89.7 kg/yr
113	Hungary	71K t	7.35 kg/yr
113	Turkmenistan	71K t	9.61 kg/yr
115	Romania	68K t	3.57 kg/yr
115	Djibouti	68K t	59.32 kg/yr
117	Greece	61K t	5.94 kg/yr
117	Kyrgyzstan	61K t	8.61 kg/yr
117	Suriname	61K t	96.3 kg/yr
120	Denmark	56K t	9.35 kg/yr
121	Fiji	54K t	58.84 kg/yr
122	Eswatini	49K t	39.88 kg/yr
123	Namibia	46K t	15.64 kg/yr
123	Cape Verde	46K t	87.13 kg/yr
125	Uruguay	45K t	13.4 kg/yr
126	Norway	43K t	7.71 kg/yr
127	Ireland	40K t	7.77 kg/yr
128	Switzerland	37K t	4.15 kg/yr
128	Trinidad and Tobago	37K t	24.85 kg/yr
130	Albania	35K t	12.29 kg/yr
131	Paraguay	30K t	4.38 kg/yr
131	Macau	30K t	42.36 kg/yr
131	Vanuatu	30K t	95.03 kg/yr
134	Maldives	27K t	51.38 kg/yr
135	Slovenia	26K t	12.51 kg/yr
136	Bulgaria	25K t	3.64 kg/yr
136	Serbia	25K t	3.64 kg/yr
138	Slovakia	24K t	4.37 kg/yr
138	Lithuania	24K t	8.35 kg/yr
140	Lesotho	20K t	8.57 kg/yr
141	Croatia	19K t	4.77 kg/yr
142	Tunisia	18K t	1.46 kg/yr
142	Georgia	18K t	4.6 kg/yr
144	Armenia	16K t	5.41 kg/yr
145	Belize	15K t	35.71 kg/yr
146	Moldova	13K t	5.06 kg/yr
147	Cyprus	12K t	9.17 kg/yr
147	Samoa	12K t	57.16 kg/yr
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11K t	3.43 kg/yr
150	Sao Tome and Principe	10K t	43.06 kg/yr
151	Latvia	9,000 t	4.65 kg/yr
151	French Polynesia	9,000 t	33.22 kg/yr
151	Kiribati	9,000 t	67.15 kg/yr
154	Malta	8,000 t	15.88 kg/yr
154	Barbados	8,000 t	27.75 kg/yr
156	North Macedonia	7,000 t	3.56 kg/yr
157	Estonia	6,000 t	4.29 kg/yr
157	Luxembourg	6,000 t	8.61 kg/yr
157	New Caledonia	6,000 t	20.23 kg/yr
157	Seychelles	6,000 t	44.72 kg/yr
161	Saint Lucia	5,000 t	27.07 kg/yr
161	Micronesia	5,000 t	44.82 kg/yr
163	Bahamas	4,000 t	9.24 kg/yr
164	Iceland	3,000 t	6.47 kg/yr
165	Belarus	2,000 t	0.21 kg/yr
165	Montenegro	2,000 t	3.54 kg/yr
165	Grenada	2,000 t	15.52 kg/yr
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,000 t	24.41 kg/yr
165	Marshall Islands	2,000 t	54.95 kg/yr
170	Antigua and Barbuda	1,000 t	10.14 kg/yr
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,000 t	27.71 kg/yr
170	Tuvalu	1,000 t	86.39 kg/yr
—	Tonga	—	0.72 kg/yr
—	Nauru	—	41.49 kg/yr

What correlates with Rice Consumption (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,434 other country metrics sharing at least 104 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Rice Consumption tend to score higher on these

Individuals at High Flood RiskFlooding by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 158
Plot
Mild BlindnessBlind Population by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 168
Plot
Individuals Who Completed Primary Series COVID Vacc.COVID Vaccines by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 166
Plot
Women With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 166
Plot
Individuals Given at Least 1 Dose COVID Vacc.COVID Vaccines by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 166
Plot
People With Vision LossBlind Population by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 168
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Rice Consumption tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.50 · moderate · n = 171
Plot
Average Men's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 140
Plot
Average Women's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 140
Plot
GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 139
Plot
Press Freedom Index Score (RSF)Freedom Index by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 154
Plot
Mean BMIEuropean Obesity Rates by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 167
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Rice Consumption?: China has the highest Rice Consumption in 2023, at 185M t, followed by India (145.4M t) and Indonesia (52.3M t).
Which country has the lowest Rice Consumption?: Tuvalu has the lowest Rice Consumption in 2023, at 1,000 t.
What is the median Rice Consumption across countries?: The median is 197K t across the 172 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this rice consumption by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).