Rice prices: questions and answers
Rice: median wholesale price 0.94 EUR/kg across 100 markets in 13 countries, quotes to 6 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of rice today?
The median wholesale price of rice was 0.94 EUR/kg across 146 current quotes on 100 markets in 13 countries (latest quote 6 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.64 and 1.08 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of rice?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Milled rice | 114 | 1.01 EUR/kg |
| Paddy | 26 | 0.29 EUR/kg |
| Basmati | 3 | 0.99 EUR/kg |
Paddy (unhusked rice), basmati and other milled rice are different products with different prices. Each has its own scale, and quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
Where are prices of rice lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of rice were lowest in Philippines (0.29 EUR/kg), Pakistan (0.42 EUR/kg), Thailand (0.42 EUR/kg) and highest in Italy (1.09 EUR/kg), Mexico (1.04 EUR/kg), Colombia (1.02 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of rice in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 35 | 1.02 EUR/kg | 3,600 COP/kg |
| Mexico | 33 | 1.04 EUR/kg | 21.8 MXN/kg |
| Philippines | 17 | 0.29 EUR/kg | 20.6 PHP/kg |
| Pakistan | 5 | 0.42 EUR/kg | 129.7 PKR/kg |
| Uganda | 1 | 0.82 EUR/kg | 3,900 UGX/kg |
| Rwanda | 1 | 0.54 EUR/kg | 890.0 RWF/kg |
| Ghana | 1 | 0.81 EUR/kg | 10.5 GHS/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting rice; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of rice going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 44 of 142 quotes for rice rose, 34 fell and 64 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish rice prices?
100 markets in 13 countries have current rice quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Central de Abasto, Mexico City Mexico · 5 quotes
- Guadalajara Wholesale Market Mexico · 4 quotes
- Borsa Merci di Verona (Verona Commodity Exchange) Italy · 4 quotes
- Kibungo Market Rwanda · 3 quotes
- Bucaramanga Centroabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- World Bank benchmark prices, Thailand Thailand · 3 quotes
- Barranquilla Barranquillita Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Barranquilla Granabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
Why are there so many different rice prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 60 different rice quote names, for example: Milled rice, Morelos; Milled rice, Morelos, Nayarit; Paddy rice, Carnaroli; Rice-asia; Excelso rice; Rice, Thai white 5% broken, FOB Bangkok.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Which country produces the most rice?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of rice (paddy) was 820 million t in 2024. The largest producer was India with 26.6% of the world total, followed by China and Bangladesh.
Where do these rice prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are rice prices updated?
The latest rice quote is from 6 November 2026; 68 of 100 markets published rice prices in the seven days to 10 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download rice prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for rice prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.