| Rice (paddy) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1996 |
1997
estim. |
1998
f’’cast | 1996 |
1997
estim. |
1998
f’’cast |
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| ( . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 522.7 | 527.6 | 513.7 | 978.4 | 970.4 | 973.5 |
| Bangladesh | 28.3 | 28.3 | 27.3 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.2 |
| China 2/ | 197.0 | 203.0 | 193.3 | 453.5 | 445.9 | 443.0 |
| India | 122.1 | 125.4 | 126.1 | 218.5 | 224.9 | 224.9 |
| Indonesia | 51.1 | 49.4 | 45.4 | 60.4 | 58.1 | 54.6 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 15.1 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Japan | 12.9 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 12.0 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| Myanmar | 17.7 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 17.5 |
| Pakistan | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 27.8 |
| Philippines | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| Thailand | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 27.3 |
| Turkey | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 29.3 | 29.7 | 32.3 |
| Viet Nam | 27.3 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 28.6 | 29.0 | 28.7 |
| AFRICA | 15.5 | 16.9 | 15.6 | 127.0 | 108.7 | 113.5 |
| North Africa | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 35.1 | 24.8 | 29.4 |
| Egypt | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 17.8 |
| Morocco | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 6.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.6 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 91.9 | 84.0 | 84.1 |
| Western Africa | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 38.3 |
| Nigeria | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 22.8 |
| Central Africa | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Eastern Africa | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 26.6 | 21.5 | 23.9 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 11.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Southern Africa | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 25.3 | 22.5 | 19.0 |
| Madagascar | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 13.5 | 11.9 | 9.7 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 34.6 | 34.0 | 34.6 |
| Mexico | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 29.3 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 18.1 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 94.7 | 101.4 | 94.6 |
| Argentina | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 30.4 | 35.7 | 36.2 |
| Brazil | 10.0 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 46.4 | 47.5 | 42.0 |
| Colombia | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 396.2 | 391.9 | 398.0 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 58.4 | 49.4 | 48.7 |
| United States | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 337.7 | 342.5 | 349.4 |
| EUROPE | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 291.5 | 310.8 | 308.4 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | 3.4 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| EC 3/ | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 207.8 | 208.5 | 214.0 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 11.3 | 14.2 | 13.0 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 25.3 | 25.4 | 26.6 |
| Romania | - | - | - | 14.2 | 22.1 | 17.1 |
| CIS 4/ | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 124.3 | 153.0 | 102.3 |
| OCEANIA | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 36.7 | 31.9 | 32.7 |
| Australia | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 35.8 | 30.8 | 31.8 |
| WORLD | 571.1 | 577.8 | 561.1 | 2083.4 | 2102.0 | 2057.7 |
| Developing countries | 545.4 | 551.8 | 536.1 | 1207.4 | 1189.1 | 1194.4 |
| Developed countries | 25.6 | 25.9 | 25.0 | 876.0 | 912.9 | 863.3 |