Who's the Major Rice Eater?

Based on a comparison of 165 countries in 2021, Gambia ranked the highest in rice consumption per capita with 370 kg followed by Comoros and Myanmar. On the other end of the scale was Tunisia with 1.23 kg, Belgium with 1.63 kg and Bulgaria with 1.99 kg.

Average rice consumption per capita reached 81.2 kg in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.579 % less than in the previous year and -2.60 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average rice consumption per capita reached an all time high of 83.3 kg in 2011 and an all time low of 38.8 kg in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 1.24 % since 1961.

Data for more countries are available at Rice Consumption Per Capita indicator page.