1. FAOSTAT
The charts above display the top rice producing countries around the world from 2021 and 2011. The order of countries when it comes to production of rice is almost identical, while production values have slowly decreased over the years. China and India remain the world’s top producers while other Asian countries also make heavy contributions.
2. USDA Economic Research Service
The first chart above shows the distribution of rice production in the USA among states in 2022 while the second chart shows the same study in 2012. The values of production does not change much, but the order of states towards the bottom of the list all fluctuated.
3. US Imports
The charts above showcase the different proportions of imports of rice to the US. In the 2013 graph, Argentina and Thailand dominate the import share, as they are close in percentage. Canada, Thailand, Spain, and India round out the other top imports, making up a little less than a third of total rice coming into the country. The 2023 graph differs as Thailand is now the main import of rice to the US. They take up about 57% of all imports and Argentina is down to around 16%. India (8%) and Canada (8%) are still contributors, but Brazil (11%) has taken Spain’s spot in the top 5 importers of rice into the US.
4. US Exports
The shapes of the two pie charts above are roughly similar, as they detail the proportions of where our exports of rice end up. The 2013 pie chart sprinkles in Singapore while Canada receives about 60% of our exports. The UK and Panama received about the same amount of rice this year, while Mexico received about one-fifth of all U.S. exported rice. The 2023 chart is also dominated by Canada, as the blue section takes up over half of the chart. The United Kingdom and Mexico have seemed to trade places, as the UK now receives about a fourth of all U.S. exported rice while Mexico gets about one tenth. Taiwan has worked its way into the top 5 receivers of rice from the U.S, as they also get about 9% of U.S. exported rice.