| Rice (paddy) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1994 | 1995 estim. | 1996 f’cast | 1994 | 1995 estim. | 1996 f’cast | |
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 491.0 | 506.7 | 517.1 | 896.5 | 938.6 | 952.8 |
| Bangladesh | 25.2 | 26.6 | 28.0 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 29.4 |
| China 2/ | 178.0 | 187.3 | 190.0 | 393.2 | 418.6 | 426.9 |
| India | 121.9 | 121.6 | 125.4 | 211.1 | 217.3 | 220.8 |
| Indonesia | 46.6 | 48.5 | 49.9 | 53.5 | 56.7 | 58.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 17.0 |
| Japan | 15.0 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 13.0 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Myanmar | 18.2 | 19.6 | 20.0 | 18.7 | 20.1 | 20.5 |
| Pakistan | 5.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 22.3 | 24.8 | 25.4 |
| Philippines | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 16.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| Thailand | 21.1 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 25.3 | 25.8 | 26.0 |
| Turkey | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 27.0 | 28.2 | 29.0 |
| Viet Nam | 24.6 | 27.1 | 27.0 | 25.8 | 28.5 | 28.0 |
| AFRICA | 14.1 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 112.8 | 100.9 | 124.3 |
| North Africa | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 27.0 | 22.3 | 34.5 |
| Egypt | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 17.0 |
| Morocco | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 85.8 | 78.5 | 89.8 |
| Western Africa | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 35.9 | 37.3 | 38.5 |
| Nigeria | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 20.4 | 22.4 | 23.4 |
| Central Africa | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Eastern Africa | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 22.8 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 7.6 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 5.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| Southern Africa | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 24.6 | 15.3 | 25.6 |
| Madagascar | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 16.0 | 7.5 | 13.5 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 31.7 | 30.3 | 31.6 |
| Mexico | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 26.8 | 25.2 | 26.3 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 18.1 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 89.0 | 90.8 | 92.5 |
| Argentina | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 25.3 | 23.9 | 28.5 |
| Brazil | 10.5 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 45.8 | 49.6 | 46.3 |
| Colombia | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 404.2 | 326.2 | 389.9 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 46.8 | 49.3 | 59.3 |
| United States | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 357.4 | 276.9 | 330.6 |
| EUROPE | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 264.8 | 273.6 | 284.3 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | 6.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 |
| EC 3/ | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 163.6 | 180.3 | 204.3 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 11.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 21.8 | 25.9 | 24.5 |
| Romania | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 18.2 | 19.9 | 14.4 |
| CIS 4/ | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 142.0 | 125.2 | 129.7 |
| OCEANIA | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 15.9 | 28.6 | 30.1 |
| Australia | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 27.7 | 29.2 |
| WORLD | 538.7 | 555.1 | 565.6 | 1 956.9 | 1 912.9 | 2 035.2 |
| Developing countries | 509.9 | 528.9 | 540.2 | 1 098.2 | 1 138.8 | 1 174.5 |
| Developed countries | 28.8 | 26.2 | 25.4 | 858.7 | 774.1 | 860.7 |