What was Indonesia's rice production in 2021?

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded Indonesia's rice production at 54.42 million tons of GKG in 2021. Converted to rice, this total GKG production is approximately equivalent to 31.36 million tons of rice. This figure decreased by 0.45% from the previous year's production of 31.5 million tons.

East Java recorded the highest rice production nationally in 2021, at 5.65 million tons. Rice production in the province led by Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa accounted for 18.03% of total national rice production in 2021.

The next largest rice-producing provinces were Central Java, reaching 5.53 million tons in 2021, followed by West Java with 5.26 million tons.

Meanwhile, the Riau Islands had the lowest rice production, at only 489 tons in 2021. This was followed by Jakarta with 1,900 tons, and North Maluku with 1,690 tons.

Rice production from 2020-2021 was recalculated using the conversion of paddy shrinkage/loss based on the 2018-2020 NBM (National Basic Measurement), while previous years were based on the 2016-2018 NBM.

For information, paddy production in the condition of dry harvested paddy (GKP) experiences shrinkage/loss becoming dry milled paddy (GKG). This shrinkage occurs due to non-food needs, such as animal feed, industrial materials, and seeds/seedlings.

In the process of processing GKG into rice, shrinkage/loss also occurs for non-food needs, such as animal feed and industrial materials. Thus, rice production for the population is only about half of national paddy production.

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