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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed 23 October 2026. Original bulk edition last modified 31 December 2025; item27 Rice, element5510 Production, area100 India and area41 China, mainland. Source tonnes divided by one million, no cumulative sum or gap fill. 128 annual observations. Annual harvest years, not local marketing years; paddy before milling, not milled rice, yield, exports, consumption or food security. Historical estimates may be revised; transitions animate reported annual points and are not additional observations. Full source rows, flags, method and credits: /examples/india-china-rice-20261024/sources.html
FAOSTAT original database · Original bulk edition · Selected annual figures (CSV).
Paddy rice is weighed before milling, including its husk. This is not ready-to-eat milled rice or an estimate of meals. China means mainland China, excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Annual values show which country leads each harvest; adding all years would conceal the recent reversal. All64 years are present for each country. No years are invented, no forecasts are added and transitions are illustrative.
Checkpoints below are exact source tonnes, before display rounding. Original source flags for all128 country observations are retained in the downloadable supporting record. The source flags mean A official figure, E estimated value, I imputed value or X figure from another international organization when present. No estimate is silently relabelled as a newly measured value.
| Year | India (t) | Mainland China (t) |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,494,496.00 | 53,640,000.00 |
| 1980 | 80,312,000.00 | 139,910,000.00 |
| 2000 | 127,471,150.00 | 187,907,700.00 |
| 2010 | 140,674,810.06 | 197,225,700.00 |
| 2020 | 182,702,924.12 | 211,860,000.00 |
| 2022 | 193,473,289.35 | 208,494,800.00 |
| 2023 | 207,753,551.26 | 206,603,200.00 |
| 2024 | 217,867,864.16 | 207,530,000.00 |
Rice terraces photograph by Jamie Trinh / Unsplash, Unsplash License. Position, scale and opacity adjusted. The image is illustrative and is not presented as a documented location in India or China. National flags use native Flagcdn identification images. No AI-generated imagery.
FAO statistical data: CC BY 4.0 under FAO Statistical Database Terms of Use and any source exceptions. Selection, unit conversion and presentation by ChartGlow; no FAO endorsement. Background: Jamie Trinh / Unsplash, Unsplash License; illustrative rice terraces, positioned, scaled and faded. National flags from native Flagcdn paths. FAO Statistical Database Terms of Use.