Wheat vs Rice Map: Where Is Each Grown In The World?

Map created by Wikimedia user AndrewMT

The two maps above the difference between where wheat and rice are grown in the world. The top map shows wheat and the bottom one shows rice.

Usurpingly, Europe and North America produce a lot of wheat whereas South-East Asia produces a lot of rice.

However, what is perhaps a bit more surprising is the split within both India and China. Let’s take a closer look:

The map above shows only wheat production. Zoom into either India or China and you’ll find they actually produce a lot of it.

In the case of China it’s concentrated in the North, whereas in Indian it’s in the Nort West.

Here are the top countries by Wheat production according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

Country	Tonnes
China	136,596,100
India	110,553,675
Russian Federation	91,500,000
United States of America	49,313,930
Australia	41,199,486
France	35,995,570
Canada	31,954,115
Pakistan	28,160,500
Türkiye	22,000,000
Ukraine	21,625,170
Germany	21,535,900
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	14,000,000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	13,980,000
Poland	12,932,390
Argentina	12,555,860
Kazakhstan	12,110,913
Egypt	9,700,000
Romania	9,624,070
Brazil	7,730,188
Italy	6,894,470
Bulgaria	6,854,760
Uzbekistan	6,471,502
Hungary	5,941,990
Ethiopia	5,800,000
Czechia	5,262,360
Lithuania	4,455,390
Afghanistan	4,300,000
Iraq	4,247,726
Morocco	4,158,471
Spain	4,049,230
Denmark	3,556,260
Mexico	3,476,027
Serbia	3,448,700
Syrian Arab Republic	3,080,351
Sweden	2,768,200
Algeria	2,500,000
Slovakia	2,490,600
Belarus	2,400,000
Latvia	2,136,800
Nepal	2,098,462
South Africa	2,050,000
Azerbaijan	1,792,419
Belgium	1,791,170
Austria	1,744,820
Republic of Moldova	1,555,024
Uruguay	1,343,800
Greece	1,309,180
Chile	1,289,774
Paraguay	1,288,310
Bangladesh	1,107,195
Turkmenistan	1,100,000
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	1,096,820
Japan	1,094,000
Saudi Arabia	922,774
Tajikistan	861,000
Croatia	834,230
Finland	749,030
Estonia	694,120
Ireland	483,910
Switzerland	447,449
Mongolia	443,416
Kyrgyzstan	440,415
Tunisia	400,000
New Zealand	391,615
Sudan	378,000
Kenya	309,492
Zimbabwe	300,000
Zambia	277,492
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	272,806
Albania	233,585
Bosnia and Herzegovina	228,012
North Macedonia	215,165
Peru	193,590
Armenia	177,860
Norway	172,000
Georgia	147,000
Slovenia	145,420
Israel	136,000
Libya	130,000
Lebanon	100,000
Yemen	100,000
United Republic of Tanzania	86,522
Myanmar	80,000
Luxembourg	72,360
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	67,367
Nigeria	52,757
Republic of Korea	51,809
Mali	38,500
Palestine	35,700
Portugal	34,670
Cyprus	27,850
Jordan	26,698
Eritrea	25,000
Uganda	25,000
Namibia	24,696
Angola	20,921
Rwanda	16,656
Mozambique	16,000
Colombia	9,354
Democratic Republic of the Congo	9,000
Burundi	7,960
Oman	7,892
Lesotho	6,366
China, Taiwan Province of	6,000
Niger	5,495
Ecuador	3,976
Madagascar	2,846
Montenegro	2,222
Mauritania	2,000
Chad	1,399
Thailand	1,321
Honduras	1,279
Somalia	1,060
Malawi	1,000
Bhutan	837
Botswana	810
Eswatini	705
Cameroon	600
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	579
Kuwait	25
New Caledonia	12
Qatar	2
Guatemala	-
Malta	-

And here the top rice producing countries:

Country	Tonnes
China	208,064,200
India	206,727,000
Bangladesh	58,613,458
Indonesia	53,980,993
Viet Nam	43,497,625
Thailand	33,070,957
Myanmar	25,650,000
Philippines	20,059,562
Pakistan	14,803,800
Cambodia	12,900,000
Brazil	10,285,663
Japan	10,136,000
United States of America	9,901,510
Nigeria	8,902,200
Nepal	5,724,200
Egypt	5,600,000
Madagascar	5,117,636
Republic of Korea	4,897,839
Sri Lanka	4,513,431
Lao People's Democratic Republic	3,835,000
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3,598,594
United Republic of Tanzania	3,588,000
Guinea	3,534,800
Peru	3,367,614
Mali	3,023,891
Colombia	3,006,100
Malaysia	2,166,738
Côte d'Ivoire	2,011,500
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,812,345
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1,775,788
Senegal	1,519,700
Ghana	1,463,000
China, Taiwan Province of	1,461,000
Sierra Leone	1,399,500
Italy	1,378,640
Uruguay	1,372,700
Ecuador	1,313,000
Argentina	1,163,209
Russian Federation	1,065,700
Guyana	995,000
Paraguay	978,450
Dominican Republic	947,005
Türkiye	900,000
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	722,370
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	698,544
Afghanistan	597,000
Burkina Faso	504,254
Nicaragua	498,969
Australia	496,633
Benin	492,626
Kazakhstan	485,183
Mauritania	458,200
Panama	436,135
Burundi	412,369
Cameroon	358,433
Uzbekistan	355,674
Spain	334,100
Uganda	260,000
Liberia	256,200
Mexico	252,100
Kenya	229,064
Guinea-Bissau	226,400
Chad	223,952
Suriname	203,156
Ethiopia	202,000
Greece	190,440
Togo	183,100
Portugal	178,830
Mozambique	161,920
Niger	142,600
Haiti	136,000
Tajikistan	134,485
Rwanda	133,628
Cuba	130,000
Malawi	124,300
Chile	109,233
Turkmenistan	86,617
Timor-Leste	83,000
Costa Rica	76,119
France	68,270
Bulgaria	64,160
Zambia	62,680
Morocco	56,222
Gambia	55,100
Central African Republic	53,326
Guatemala	51,193
Kyrgyzstan	46,765
Bhutan	40,804
Angola	39,830
Honduras	34,870
South Sudan	33,000
Sudan	21,880
North Macedonia	19,997
Belize	17,701
Azerbaijan	13,973
Iraq	12,602
Romania	12,070
Ukraine	11,080
El Salvador	11,000
Hungary	8,330
Fiji	7,165
Brunei Darussalam	3,700
Puerto Rico	3,628
South Africa	3,082
Solomon Islands	2,753
Somalia	2,000
Gabon	1,731
Eswatini	1,001
Congo	1,000
Papua New Guinea	885
Saudi Arabia	816
Trinidad and Tobago	326
Algeria	307
Micronesia (Federated States of)	182
Zimbabwe	74
Comoros	21