Which Country Eats the Most Rice?

Based on a comparison of 154 countries in 2017, China ranked the highest in rice consumption with 174,687 kt followed by India and Indonesia. On the other end of the scale was Montenegro with 1.00 kt, Iceland with 1.00 kt and Malta with 2.00 kt.

Total rice consumption reached 600,013 kt in 2017 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.4 % more than in the previous year and 42.0 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total rice consumption reached an all time high of 600,013 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 118,249 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.94 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 29.1 % of rice consumption in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 61.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 82.1 % in 2017.

Data for more countries are available at Rice Consumption (Total) indicator page.