| Rice (paddy) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1994 | 1995 prelim. | 1996 estim. | 1994 | 1995 prelim. | 1996 estim. | |
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 491.0 | 502.0 | 514.2 | 899.9 | 931.7 | 956.1 |
| Bangladesh | 25.2 | 26.6 | 29.1 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 30.4 |
| China 2/ | 178.0 | 187.3 | 191.7 | 396.3 | 418.6 | 437.1 |
| India | 121.9 | 119.6 | 121.3 | 212.6 | 214.6 | 217.2 |
| Indonesia | 46.6 | 48.5 | 50.0 | 53.5 | 56.7 | 58.0 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.2 |
| Japan | 15.0 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| Myanmar | 18.2 | 18.0 | 17.1 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 17.6 |
| Pakistan | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 22.3 | 24.8 | 25.2 |
| Philippines | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 5.1 | 4.5 | 1.9 |
| Thailand | 21.1 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 25.3 | 25.8 | 25.9 |
| Turkey | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 27.0 | 28.2 | 29.1 |
| Viet Nam | 24.6 | 25.0 | 26.8 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 28.1 |
| AFRICA | 14.1 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 113.3 | 99.0 | 127.4 |
| North Africa | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 27.0 | 21.7 | 34.5 |
| Egypt | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 17.0 |
| Morocco | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.4 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 86.3 | 77.3 | 92.9 |
| Western Africa | 5.6 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 35.9 | 35.6 | 37.7 |
| Nigeria | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 21.8 |
| Central Africa | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Eastern Africa | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 22.5 | 23.4 | 26.5 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 7.3 | 9.2 | 11.1 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 5.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| Southern Africa | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 25.1 | 15.2 | 25.6 |
| Madagascar | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 16.0 | 7.2 | 13.7 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 2.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 31.7 | 29.8 | 31.9 |
| Mexico | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 26.8 | 24.7 | 26.8 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 18.1 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 87.9 | 90.7 | 93.3 |
| Argentina | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 25.3 | 24.0 | 29.6 |
| Brazil | 10.5 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 45.8 | 49.6 | 46.1 |
| Colombia | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 404.2 | 326.3 | 396.9 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 46.8 | 49.3 | 59.2 |
| United States | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 357.4 | 276.9 | 337.7 |
| EUROPE | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 264.8 | 274.2 | 290.6 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | 6.4 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| EC 3/ | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 163.6 | 180.2 | 207.4 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 11.7 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 21.8 | 25.9 | 25.0 |
| Romania | - | - | 0.1 | 18.2 | 19.9 | 14.3 |
| CIS 4/ | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 141.9 | 125.8 | 126.9 |
| OCEANIA | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 16.1 | 29.1 | 35.5 |
| Australia | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 15.3 | 28,2 | 34.6 |
| WORLD | 538.6 | 550.0 | 563.5 | 1 959.9 | 1 906.5 | 2 058.6 |
| Developing countries | 509.9 | 523.9 | 537.7 | 1 100.9 | 1 129.8 | 1 181.2 |
| Developed countries | 28.7 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 859.0 | 776.7 | 877.4 |