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Rice Production by African country

2024

Annual rice (paddy) production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).

Africa, 202443 of 54 countries
44,780,178total across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2024Nigeria · 9,129,900Lowest in 2024Mauritius · 0Reported in 202443 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
02.5m5.0m7.5m10.0mNigeria9,129,900Egypt6,430,000Madagascar4,970,000Tanzania4,052,141Guinea3,680,000Mali2,756,344Cote d'Ivoire2,381,129Democratic Republic of the Congo1,940,592Ghana1,721,200Senegal1,580,000Sierra Leone1,390,800Burkina Faso513,234Benin500,605Mauritania431,700Chad347,187Cameroon345,583Liberia322,400Uganda300,000Ethiopia282,720Kenya282,152Guinea-Bissau243,900Togo180,200Mozambique169,311Niger164,768Rwanda141,932Burundi136,000Malawi127,000Central African Republic52,868Gambia52,548Angola48,340South Sudan38,000Sudan27,818Zambia24,566Morocco6,006South Africa3,082Somalia2,000Gabon1,762Eswatini1,000Republic of the Congo1,000Algeria313.1Zimbabwe73.5Comoros5.00Mauritius0Botswanano dataCabo Verdeno dataDjiboutino dataEquatorial Guineano dataEritreano dataLesothono dataLibyano dataNamibiano dataSao Tome and Principeno dataSeychellesno dataTunisiano data
20142024
FAO · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Western Africa15 of 16 countries25,048,728
Eastern Africa15 of 18 countries10,525,900
Northern Africa4 of 6 countries6,464,137
Middle Africa7 of 9 countries2,737,331
Southern Africa2 of 5 countries4,082
Africaall 54 countries · 43 with a 2024 figure44,780,178

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Eleven countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Botswana, Cabo Verde, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea and 6 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Rice ProductionAnnual rice (paddy) production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).
SourceFAO, with processing by Africa API
Unittonnes
Last updated3 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1990–2024
Coverage43 of 54 countries · 43 reported, 0 modelled, 11 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 43 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Rice Production". Data adapted from FAO. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/rice
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=rice_production_tonnes&year=2024&limit=100

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Rice Production: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

43 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryRice ProductionPeriod
1Nigeria9.13M t2024
2Egypt6.43M t2024
3Madagascar4.97M t2024
4Tanzania4.05M t2024
5Guinea3.68M t2024
6Mali2.76M t2024
7Cote d'Ivoire2.38M t2024
8Democratic Republic of the Congo1.94M t2024
9Ghana1.72M t2024
10Senegal1.58M t2024
11Sierra Leone1.39M t2024
12Burkina Faso513.23K t2024
13Benin500.61K t2024
14Mauritania431.7K t2024
15Chad347.19K t2024
16Cameroon345.58K t2024
17Liberia322.4K t2024
18Uganda300K t2024
19Ethiopia282.72K t2024
20Kenya282.15K t2024
21Guinea-Bissau243.9K t2024
22Togo180.2K t2024
23Mozambique169.31K t2024
24Niger164.77K t2024
25Rwanda141.93K t2024
26Burundi136K t2024
27Malawi127K t2024
28Central African Republic52.87K t2024
29Gambia52.55K t2024
30Angola48.34K t2024
31South Sudan38K t2024
32Sudan27.82K t2024
33Zambia24.57K t2024
34Morocco6.01K t2024
35South Africa3.08K t2024
36Somalia2K t2024
37Gabon1.76K t2024
38Eswatini1K t2024
39Republic of the Congo1K t2024
40Algeria313.12 t2024
41Zimbabwe73.5 t2024
42Comoros5 t2024
43Mauritius0 t2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 43 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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