Editing Rice (section)

=== Worldwide consumption ===

As of 2016, the countries that consumed the most rice were China (29% of total), India, and Indonesia.<ref name="Grain Central">{{cite web |title=Global rice consumption continues to grow |url=https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/global-rice-consumption-continues-to-grow/ |publisher=Grain Central |access-date=December 5, 2023 |date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> By 2020, Bangladesh had taken third place from Indonesia. On an annual average from 2020 to 2023, China consumed 154 million tonnes of rice, India consumed 109 million tonnes, and Bangladesh and Indonesia consumed about 36 million tonnes each. Across the world, rice consumption per capita fell in the 21st century as people in Asia and elsewhere ate less grain and more meat. An exception is Sub-Saharan Africa, where both per capita consumption of rice and population are increasing.<ref name="usda">{{cite web |title=Rice Sector at a Glance |url=https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/rice/rice-sector-at-a-glance/#Global |publisher=Economic Research Service, [[US Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=December 5, 2023 |date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204155014/https://ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/rice/rice-sector-at-a-glance/#Global |url-status=live }}</ref>