tonnes of milled rice (projected food consumption) globally
Calculated from the fixed 2026 OECD–FAO model projection: ~420.2 million tonnes of milled rice for food consumption. Not measured ingestion.
Across the world, that's roughly
The 2026 modelled food-consumption average works out to approximately 1.0 kg per person per week.
Projected global average, not measured ingestion. Retail waste is deducted; household waste is not. Consumption varies widely by country and individual.
2026 projection · ~420.2 million tonnes · milled-rice basis · modelled, not measured ingestion. Retail waste deducted; household waste not deducted.
The OECD–FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035 projects approximately 420.2 million tonnes of global rice food consumption for 2026, on a milled-rice basis. Retail food waste is deducted; household food waste is not. This is modelled food consumption, not directly measured ingestion, production, feed use, trade or stocks.
HC evenly distributes the fixed 2026 OECD–FAO model projection of approximately 420.2 million tonnes across the 2026 calendar year to visualize scale, not real-time observation of ingestion. The counter resets each January 1, using the displayed calendar year's length, including leap years. In later years it still uses this 2026 source projection, not refreshed data. Monthly rates are annual averages, not measured seasonal consumption.
Source: OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035, OECD Data Explorer (2026)
The OECD–FAO 2026 World series projects a modelled average of about 50.9 kg of milled-rice food consumption per person per year. Dividing the unrounded source value by 52 gives approximately 1.0 kg per person per week. These are global projected averages, not measured ingestion or a claim that everyone consumes the same amount. Household waste is not deducted.
Source: OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035, OECD Data Explorer (2026)
“Rice Consumed” is shorthand for the OECD–FAO 2026 projection of global food consumption (FO), on a milled-rice basis. Retail food waste is deducted; household food waste is not. It is modelled food consumption, not a direct measurement of what people eat.
Production counts rice output; food consumption describes its food-use component. Total use also includes non-food uses, while trade moves rice between markets and stocks carry it between periods. These are distinct statistical concepts, not interchangeable totals. This counter excludes feed, seed and industrial use.
The Outlook standardizes this quantity as milled rice, after removal of the husk and milling. It is not paddy/unmilled rice or cooked-rice weight. Paddy production and cooked portions cannot be compared directly with this tonnage without suitable conversions.
Source: OECD–FAO Outlook glossary (2026)
OECD–FAO food availability is supply after supply-chain losses up to, but excluding, retail. Food consumption (FO) is food availability minus retail food waste. Household food waste has not been deducted from this measure; the separate food available for in-house consumption measure further accounts for household waste.
Rice consumption reflects regional food traditions, incomes, availability, and local production and trade. The OECD-FAO Outlook identifies Asia as central to global rice markets and projects faster rice-import demand growth in African countries as consumption growth outpaces domestic production.
Baseline: OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035
Reference year: 2026
HC evenly distributes the fixed 2026 OECD–FAO model projection of approximately 420.2 million tonnes across the 2026 calendar year to visualize scale, not real-time observation of ingestion. The counter resets each January 1, using the displayed calendar year's length, including leap years. In later years it still uses this 2026 source projection, not refreshed data. Monthly rates are annual averages, not measured seasonal consumption.
Exact series: OECD SDMX — World rice Food (FO), 2026 (2026)
Agency OECD.TAD.ATM; dataflow DSD_AGR@DF_OUTLOOK_2026_2035; version 1.1; World (W); Annual (A); Rice (CPC_0113); Food (FO); Tonnes (T), unit multiplier 3 (thousands); Outlook AO_2026_2035; observation 2026. The reported thousand-tonne value is multiplied by 1,000 for internal calculations; the public annual value is rounded to ~420.2 million tonnes.
Model and waste boundary: OECD–FAO Outlook methodology (2026)
Aglink–Cosimo combines a partial-equilibrium agricultural market model with national data, assumptions and expert judgement. This is MODELLED output, not observed ingestion, and may be revised. No numerical uncertainty interval has been verified. OECD–FAO food availability is supply after supply-chain losses up to, but excluding, retail. Food consumption (FO) is food availability minus retail food waste. Household food waste has not been deducted from this measure; the separate food available for in-house consumption measure further accounts for household waste.
Commodity and calendar basis: OECD–FAO Outlook glossary (2026)
The cereals glossary defines rice on a milled-rice basis, not paddy/unmilled rice or cooked-rice weight. Rice follows the calendar-year convention. This food measure excludes feed, seed and industrial uses.