Based on an annual estimate of approximately 420,234,121, derived from OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035 (2026 data).
1,151,326
per day
47,971
per hour
799
per minute
13
per second
35,019,510
per month
266,162,788
so far this year (est.)
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035 projects that 420.2 million tonnes of rice will be used for human food consumption worldwide in 2026. This is a food-use estimate for milled rice, not a measure of all rice produced, feed use, trade, or stocks.
At a Glance
Annual food consumption
~420.2 million tonnes
Milled rice, 2026 projection
Global per-person
~50.9 kg/year
OECD-FAO 2026 World estimate
Source
OECD-FAO Outlook
2026–2035
Key Statistics
Daily Consumption
~1,151,000 tonnes
Estimated average per day
Hourly Consumption
~48,000 tonnes
Estimated average per hour
Per Minute
~800 tonnes
Estimated average per minute
Per Second
~15 tonnes
Estimated average per second
In Depth
How is the Rice Consumed counter calculated?
The live counter distributes the OECD-FAO 2026 World food-consumption projection of 420,234,121.205907 tonnes evenly across the current calendar year. It resets to zero each January 1 and uses the actual number of seconds in the year, including leap years. It is a visualization derived from an annual projection, not direct observation of individual purchases or meals.
The OECD-FAO 2026 World series estimates 50.9036597235171 kg of rice food consumption per person per year. Dividing that source value by 52 weeks gives about 0.98 kg per person per week, shown on this page as roughly 1 kg. This is a global average, not a claim that every person consumes the same amount.
What does the OECD-FAO rice consumption figure measure?
The OECD Data Explorer measure is Food (FO): rice used for human food consumption. The data series is expressed in tonnes with a multiplier of 1,000, and the Outlook glossary defines rice in its cereals data as milled rice. It is therefore not a total-production, feed-use, stock, export, or all-purpose utilization figure.
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.
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035 projects 420.2 million tonnes of rice for human food consumption worldwide in 2026, expressed on a milled-rice basis.
How much rice is consumed worldwide each day?
Distributing the annual OECD-FAO food-consumption projection evenly across the year, approximately 1,151,326 tonnes of rice are consumed worldwide per day on average.
How is the Rice Consumed counter calculated?
The live counter distributes the OECD-FAO 2026 World food-consumption projection of 420,234,121.205907 tonnes evenly across the current calendar year. It resets to zero each January 1 and uses the actual number of seconds in the year, including leap years. It is a visualization derived from an annual projection, not direct observation of individual purchases or meals.
How much rice does the average person consume?
The OECD-FAO 2026 World series estimates 50.9036597235171 kg of rice food consumption per person per year. Dividing that source value by 52 weeks gives about 0.98 kg per person per week, shown on this page as roughly 1 kg. This is a global average, not a claim that every person consumes the same amount.
What does the OECD-FAO rice consumption figure measure?
The OECD Data Explorer measure is Food (FO): rice used for human food consumption. The data series is expressed in tonnes with a multiplier of 1,000, and the Outlook glossary defines rice in its cereals data as milled rice. It is therefore not a total-production, feed-use, stock, export, or all-purpose utilization figure.
Why is rice consumption higher in some regions?
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.
Context Beyond the Numbers
Rice is one of the world's major staple foods. The OECD-FAO Outlook identifies wheat and rice as the main cereals used for food consumption worldwide.
The 2026 World rice figure is a projection of food use, expressed in the Outlook's milled-rice basis. It does not represent total paddy-rice production, feed demand, stocks, exports, or all domestic use.
The same OECD-FAO dataset estimates global rice food consumption at about 50.9 kg per person in 2026. Per-person consumption varies widely across countries and diets.
The Outlook projects global food demand to continue growing with population, especially in Africa and Asia, even where per-person cereal consumption changes only gradually.