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Table A.4.2 Rice (paddy): area, yield and production (countries with more than 10000ha rice)
| Area (harvested) '000 ha | Yield (kg/ha) | Production ('000 tonnes) | |||||||
| 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | |
| World | 133101 | 143787 | 147588 | 2329 | 2753 | 3515 | 309903 | 395862 | 518744 |
| Latin America and Carib. | 6375 | 7981 | 6669 | 1725 | 1940 | 2620 | 10996 | 15487 | 17473 |
| Argentina | 89 | 89 | 108 | 3 900 | 3 244 | 3 844 | 347 | 288 | 415 |
| Bolivia | 54 | 60 | 111 | 1478 | 1507 | 2098 | 80 | 91 | 232 |
| Brazil | 4788 | 5932 | 4441 | 1430 | 1438 | 2099 | 6847 | 8533 | 9320 |
| Chile | 23 | 40 | 35 | 2620 | 3151 | 4162 | 60 | 125 | 146 |
| Colombia | 246 | 428 | 491 | 3190 | 4277 | 4047 | 784 | 1831 | 1986 |
| Costa Rica | 44 | 73 | 53 | 2018 | 3059 | 3586 | 88 | 224 | 190 |
| Cuba | 164 | 146 | 151 | 1937 | 3105 | 3130 | 317 | 455 | 471 |
| Dominican Republic | 80 | 111 | 98 | 2 562 | 3 534 | 4 453 | 206 | 392 | 438 |
| Ecuador | 78 | 123 | 277 | 2 989 | 3 074 | 3 077 | 234 | 378 | 852 |
| El Salvador | 12 | 15 | 15 | 3621 | 3735 | 4045 | 45 | 56 | 62 |
| Guatemala | 12 | 14 | 16 | 2183 | 2770 | 2839 | 25 | 37 | 46 |
| Guyana | 109 | 91 | 65 | 1800 | 2924 | 3221 | 195 | 266 | 210 |
| Haiti | 38 | 51 | 52 | 2139 | 2324 | 2396 | 81 | 119 | 125 |
| Honduras | 11 | 20 | 19 | 1304 | 1735 | 2627 | 15 | 35 | 49 |
| Mexico | 152 | 153 | 114 | 2561 | 3453 | 3713 | 390 | 528 | 423 |
| Nicaragua | 26 | 37 | 42 | 3008 | 3545 | 2737 | 77 | 130 | 115 |
| Panama | 105 | 96 | 90 | 1376 | 1834 | 2247 | 144 | 175 | 203 |
| Paraguay | 19 | 26 | 27 | 2 145 | 1837 | 2684 | 40 | 47 | 72 |
| Peru | 130 | 132 | 186 | 4141 | 4410 | 5160 | 539 | 580 | 957 |
| Suriname | 37 | 65 | 61 | 3540 | 3975 | 3772 | 132 | 258 | 232 |
| Uruguay | 34 | 63 | 92 | 3 899 | 4 566 | 4 984 | 132 | 289 | 459 |
| Venezuela | 121 | 214 | 120 | 1724 | 2985 | 3 814 | 208 | 638 | 458 |
| Developed countries | 4536 | 4844 | 4339 | 5183 | 5210 | 5751 | 23511 | 25237 | 24957 |
| Western Europe | 322 | 309 | 366 | 5037 | 5540 | 5882 | 1622 | 1710 | 2155 |
| EC-12 | 315 | 300 | 358 | 5055 | 5567 | 5926 | 1590 | 1670 | 2124 |
| France | 22 | 6 | 20 | 4070 | 3905 | 5677 | 88 | 25 | 112 |
| Greece | 17 | 17 | 16 | 4832 | 4867 | 6208 | 84 | 84 | 99 |
| Italy | 172 | 176 | 208 | 4977 | 5615 | 6034 | 858 | 989 | 1 257 |
| Portugal | 41 | 32 | 34 | 4380 | 4359 | 4670 | 177 | 137 | 157 |
| Spain | 63 | 69 | 81 | 6 100 | 6 328 | 6 175 | 384 | 435 | 498 |
| Eastern Europe | 73 | 57 | 61 | 2712 | 2965 | 1 984 | 198 | 169 | 12 |
| Bulgaria | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3843 | 4327 | 2741 | 64 | 71 | 30 |
| Hungary | 24 | 16 | 11 | 2250 | 2148 | 2722 | 54 | 35 | 29 |
| Romania | 28 | 21 | 37 | 2374 | 2346 | 1 514 | 67 | 49 | 56 |
| Former USSR | 356 | 637 | 623 | 3323 | 3738 | 3426 | 1 183 | 2380 | 2135 |
| North America | 777 | 1345 | 1117 | 5087 | 5179 | 6334 | 3953 | 6968 | 7077 |
| United States | 777 | 1345 | 1 117 | 5087 | 5179 | 6334 | 3953 | 6968 | 7077 |
| Others | 3008 | 2496 | 2172 | 5505 | 5613 | 6202 | 16555 | 14011 | 13469 |
| Australia | 38 | 111 | 97 | 7 139 | 6205 | 8021 | 273 | 688 | 778 |
| Japan | 2968 | 2384 | 2073 | 5485 | 5587 | 6120 | 16280 | 13320 | 12688 |