Table 2.

Average growth rates (%) of production (1000 Mt) and consumption (1000 Mt) of milled rice, 1968–2019.

Period	South America		South Asia		Southeast Asia		Sub-Saharan Africa		World
	Prod	Cons	Prod	Cons	Prod	Cons	Prod	Cons	Prod	Cons
1968–1980	3.98	4.61	3.13	1.44	4.07	2.91	2.07	5.15	2.86	2.71
1981–1990	1.80	2.10	3.35	4.01	2.66	3.07	5.11	4.18	2.75	2.73
1991–2000	2.85	1.70	1.94	1.75	3.00	2.71	2.55	3.12	1.36	1.63
2001–2010	1.34	1.35	1.17	1.42	1.76	1.25	4.17	5.42	0.81	1.02
2011–2019	−0.54	0.26	2.32	1.32	0.23	0.56	4.92	5.69	1.10	1.10
All years	2.39	1.82	2.54	2.12	2.45	1.97	4.07	4.96	1.93	1.75

Source: USDA (2021).