According to data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), global rice production in the 2022/2023 harvest season reached 512.96 million metric tons.
This figure represents a 0.03% decrease year-on-year (yoy) compared to the 513.1 million metric tons produced in the 2021/2022 harvest season.
However, this decrease in rice production was not uniform across all countries.
In Egypt, for example, production in the 2022/2023 harvest season surged by 24.14% (yoy).
Nevertheless, Egypt's rice production accounts for only 0.7% of total global production, so this surge did not significantly affect the global aggregate.
Besides Egypt, increases in rice production during the 2022/2023 harvest season were also observed in Thailand, India, Cambodia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
Indonesia, however, was among the countries that experienced a decline in rice production.
According to USDA data, Indonesian rice production in the 2022/2023 harvest season decreased by 1.16% (yoy) to 34 million metric tons.
Other countries with decreased production include Japan, China, South Korea, Brazil, Myanmar, the United States, and Pakistan, with the percentage details shown in the graph.
The figures reported in the USDA report represent milled rice production, which is whole rice or rice with some of its outer layers removed (broken rice), with a maximum of 10% impurities/stones/unmilled rice.
The USDA records annual production based on the rice marketing years in each country.
In Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, the 2022/2023 harvest season refers to the 12-month period from January to December 2023.
This differs from India, where the 2022/2023 season refers to the 12-month period from October 2022 to September 2023.
It also differs from China, where the 2022/2023 season refers to the 12-month period from July 2022 to August 2023.