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Rice Production by African country

9.13M tNigeria · highest shown · 2024

Nigeria has the highest reported rice production among the 43 countries shown, at 9.13M t (2024).

Annual rice (paddy) production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT). 43 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

1Nigeria9.13M t2Egypt6.43M t3Madagascar4.97M t
#1 vs #43—Nigeria vs Mauritius
Median180.2K tTogo
Lowest0 tMauritius

By region

total of countries shown

The 5 largest values account for 63% of the total across the countries shown.

West Africa25.05M t
15 countries shown · highest value: Nigeria
East Africa10.5M t
13 countries shown · highest value: Madagascar
North Africa6.46M t
4 countries shown · highest value: Egypt
Central Africa2.74M t
7 countries shown · highest value: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Southern Africa28.72K t
4 countries shown · highest value: Zambia

Full ranking

43 of 54 countries
#CountryRice ProductionPeriod
1Nigeria
9.13M t2024
2Egypt
6.43M t2024
3Madagascar
4.97M t2024
4Tanzania
4.05M t2024
5Guinea
3.68M t2024
6Mali
2.76M t2024
7Cote d'Ivoire
2.38M t2024
8Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.94M t2024
9Ghana
1.72M t2024
10Senegal
1.58M t2024
11Sierra Leone
1.39M t2024
12Burkina Faso
513.23K t2024
13Benin
500.61K t2024
14Mauritania
431.7K t2024
15Chad
347.19K t2024
16Cameroon
345.58K t2024
17Liberia
322.4K t2024
18Uganda
300K t2024
19Ethiopia
282.72K t2024
20Kenya
282.15K t2024
21Guinea-Bissau
243.9K t2024
22Togo
180.2K t2024
23Mozambique
169.31K t2024
24Niger
164.77K t2024
25Rwanda
141.93K t2024
26Burundi
136K t2024
27Malawi
127K t2024
28Central African Republic
52.87K t2024
29Gambia
52.55K t2024
30Angola
48.34K t2024
31South Sudan
38K t2024
32Sudan
27.82K t2024
33Zambia
24.57K t2024
34Morocco
6.01K t2024
35South Africa
3.08K t2024
36Somalia
2K t2024
37Gabon
1.76K t2024
38Eswatini
1K t2024
39Republic of the Congo
1K t2024
40Algeria
313.12 t2024
41Zimbabwe
73.5 t2024
42Comoros
5 t2024
43Mauritius
0 t2024

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The table includes 43 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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