| Rice (milled) | Total Cereals 1/ | |||||
| 1995 | 1996 estim. | 1997 f'cast | 1994/95 | 1995/96 estim. | 1996/97 f'cast | |
| ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) | ||||||
| ASIA | 12.9 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 108.4 | 114.1 | 106.1 |
| Bangladesh | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| China 2/ | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 19.2 | 26.5 | 17.2 |
| Hong Kong | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| India | - | - | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Indonesia | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Japan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 27.4 | 26.8 | 28.0 |
| Korea, Rep. of | - | 0.1 | 0.3 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| Malaysia | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Philippines | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Singapore | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Syria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Yemen | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| AFRICA | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 32.6 | 33.0 | 27.3 |
| North Africa | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 16.8 |
| Algeria | - | - | - | 5.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.8 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | 1.7 | 3.9 | 1.3 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa 3/ | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 10.4 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Kenya | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Madagascar | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Senegal | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Sudan | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 13.8 |
| Mexico | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 15.9 | 17.3 |
| Brazil | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 8.0 |
| Colombia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Peru | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Venezuela | 0.1 | - | - | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| EUROPE | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 9.5 |
| EC 4/ | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 3.6 |
| CIS 5/ | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
| OCEANIA | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WORLD | 20.9 | 18.9 | 18.2 6/ | 198.2 | 202.5 | 184.2 |
| Developing countries | 18.3 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 141.8 | 147.1 | 134.0 |
| Developed countries | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 56.5 | 55.3 | 50.2 |