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Rice production

Total quantity of rice (paddy) harvested for a given year, in tonnes.

Unit
tonnes
Latest
820,223,278 (2024)
Coverage
1961–2023
Sources
1 in this build
Data table
Year World (tonnes)
2000 5.967e+08
2001 5.995e+08
2002 5.763e+08
2003 5.86e+08
2004 6.066e+08
2005 6.296e+08
2006 6.408e+08
2007 6.488e+08
2008 6.869e+08
2009 6.799e+08
2010 6.915e+08
2011 7.242e+08
2012 7.304e+08
2013 7.345e+08
2014 7.426e+08
2015 7.383e+08
2016 7.349e+08
2017 7.422e+08
2018 7.667e+08
2019 7.551e+08
2020 7.716e+08
2021 7.911e+08
2022 7.786e+08
2023 8.047e+08
2024 8.202e+08
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Per-source values, 2024

Source Dataset Value Year Snapshot
FAOSTAT QCL 8.202e+08 2024 2026-08-08

Caveats

Item/element code (27:5510) not live-verified -- see file-header note. Rice is Nepal's single largest cereal crop by volume; production is strongly weather-dependent (monsoon timing/intensity) year to year.