| Rice (paddy) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1997 | 1998 prelim. |
1999 estim. |
1997 | 1998 prelim. |
1999 estim. |
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| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 527.4 | 535.6 | 542.8 | 991.4 | 1019.9 | 1015.6 |
| Bangladesh | 28.3 | 29.5 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 31.4 | 32.6 |
| China 2/ | 202.8 | 200.6 | 199.5 | 445.6 | 457.4 | 450.5 |
| India | 123.6 | 129.1 | 131.4 | 223.8 | 227.3 | 230.7 |
| Indonesia | 49.4 | 49.2 | 50.4 | 58.2 | 59.3 | 59.5 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 15.8 | 19.0 | 13.8 |
| Japan | 12.5 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 12.2 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 7.2 | 14.3 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| Myanmar | 16.7 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 18.4 | 18.1 |
| Pakistan | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 25.0 | 27.7 | 27.1 |
| Philippines | 10.0 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 16.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Thailand | 22.6 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 26.6 | 28.0 | 28.1 |
| Turkey | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 29.7 | 32.3 | 28.0 |
| Viet Nam | 28.7 | 30.9 | 32.0 | 30.3 | 32.5 | 33.8 |
| AFRICA | 16.4 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 109.8 | 114.3 | 109.2 |
| North Africa | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 24.6 | 29.6 | 27.1 |
| Egypt | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 19.0 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 4.1 | 6.6 | 3.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 85.2 | 84.7 | 82.1 |
| Western Africa | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 35.8 | 37.8 | 37.3 |
| Nigeria | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 20.0 |
| Central Africa | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Eastern Africa | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 22.6 | 23.9 | 21.1 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 9.5 | 7.2 | 8.1 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 4.4 | 6.0 | 3.8 |
| Southern Africa | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 20.8 |
| Madagascar | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 13.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 34.3 |
| Mexico | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 28.0 | 29.2 | 29.0 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 18.1 | 16.8 | 21.3 | 100.5 | 96.1 | 99.2 |
| Argentina | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 35.7 | 36.7 | 33.4 |
| Brazil | 9.5 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 46.0 | 41.3 | 47.4 |
| Colombia | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 8.3 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 386.1 | 400.6 | 389.8 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 49.5 | 50.9 | 53.8 |
| United States | 8.3 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 336.6 | 349.7 | 336.0 |
| EUROPE | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 442.3 | 394.3 | 380.8 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| EC 3/ | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 208.7 | 213.0 | 202.8 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 14.1 | 13.0 | 10.5 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 25.4 | 27.2 | 25.7 |
| Romania | - | - | - | 22.1 | 15.4 | 15.7 |
| Russian Fed. | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 86.8 | 52.6 | 58.9 |
| Ukraine | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 35.7 | 28.5 | 26.4 |
| OCEANIA | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 31.9 | 33.5 | 34.6 |
| Australia | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 30.8 | 32.6 | 33.7 |
| WORLD | 577.2 | 583.4 | 597.9 | 2095.2 | 2092.9 | 2063.6 |
| Developing countries | 551.0 | 558.3 | 571.7 | 1186.7 | 1225.5 | 1211.9 |
| Developed countries | 26.2 | 25.0 | 26.3 | 908.4 | 867.4 | 851.7 |
