Subject area	Chemistry, Biology
More specific subject area	Describe narrower subject area
Type of data	Table, figure
How data was acquired	Data of this study have been extracted from previous studies in this field
Data format	Raw, analyzed,
Experimental factors	The average of Cd, Pb, As, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni, and Co for Iranian grown/imported were calculated (based on previous studies). After determining the heavy metal concentration, human risk assessment and exposure to heavy metals through rice consumption was performed.
Experimental features	Determining of heavy metals in Iranian and imported rice
Data source location	City, Country and/or Latitude & Longitude (& GPS coordinates) for collected samples/data if applicable
Data accessibility	Data are included in this article and supplemented excel file