| Rice (paddy) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1998 | 1999 estim. |
2000 f'cast |
1998 | 1999 estim. |
2000 f'cast |
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| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tonnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 534.9 | 549.3 | 541.4 | 1 018.4 | 1 027.3 | 991.6 |
| Bangladesh | 29.5 | 34.0 | 33.8 | 31.4 | 35.9 | 35.5 |
| China 2/ | 200.6 | 200.5 | 191.5 | 457.7 | 455.8 | 414.1 |
| India | 129.1 | 132.5 | 134.3 | 227.1 | 233.3 | 238.8 |
| Indonesia | 49.2 | 50.9 | 50.1 | 59.3 | 60.1 | 59.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 19.0 | 13.8 | 12.7 |
| Japan | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 11.5 |
| Korea, D. P. R. | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Myanmar | 17.1 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.6 |
| Pakistan | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 31.1 |
| Philippines | 10.3 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Thailand | 22.8 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 27.9 |
| Turkey | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 32.2 | 28.0 | 29.5 |
| Viet Nam | 30.9 | 31.7 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 33.8 |
| AFRICA | 15.7 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 114.0 | 108.1 | 108.6 |
| North Africa | 4.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 29.6 | 26.6 | 23.5 |
| Egypt | 4.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 19.2 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 6.6 | 3.9 | 2.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 84.4 | 81.5 | 85.1 |
| Western Africa | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 37.8 | 38.0 | 38.0 |
| Nigeria | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 21.2 |
| Central Africa | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Eastern Africa | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 23.4 | 20.2 | 21.3 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Sudan | - | - | - | 5.5 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
| Southern Africa | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 22.7 |
| Madagascar | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| South Africa | - | - | - | 10.1 | 9.0 | 12.1 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 34.2 | 34.1 | 34.8 |
| Mexico | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 29.1 | 28.7 | 29.4 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 16.8 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 96.1 | 99.1 | 103.7 |
| Argentina | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 36.7 | 33.9 | 35.8 |
| Brazil | 8.5 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 41.3 | 47.3 | 50.0 |
| Colombia | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 400.6 | 389.8 | 410.5 |
| Canada | - | - | - | 50.9 | 53.8 | 52.4 |
| United States | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 349.7 | 336.0 | 358.1 |
| EUROPE | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 394.4 | 383.1 | 394.8 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| EC 3/ | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 213.0 | 203.2 | 215.7 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 13.0 | 11.3 | 10.3 |
| Poland | - | - | - | 27.2 | 25.7 | 21.6 |
| Romania | - | - | - | 15.4 | 16.6 | 15.4 |
| Russian Fed. | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 52.6 | 59.0 | 65.0 |
| Ukraine | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 28.5 | 26.3 | 25.6 |
| OCEANIA | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 33.5 | 34.6 | 33.8 |
| Australia | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 32.6 | 33.7 | 32.9 |
| WORLD | 582.6 | 604.4 | 594.8 | 2 091.2 | 2 076.2 | 2 077.9 |
| Developing countries | 557.6 | 577.9 | 569.1 | 1 223.8 | 1 222.8 | 1 192.7 |
| Developed countries | 25.0 | 26.4 | 25.7 | 867.4 | 853.3 | 885.1 |
