India has become the world's largest rice exporter in the financial year 2023-24. During this period, India has exported a record 23 million tonnes of rice. A decade ago, India was even behind Pakistan in terms of rice export. India has taken a huge leap in exporting rice globally. A decade ago, it was at the last position in the list of top-5 rice exporting countries, but now India has reached the top in this list. First India in the rice export list. It was even lower than Pakistan. India has become the world's largest rice exporter in the financial year 2023-24. During this period, India has exported a record 23 million tonnes of rice. The other 4 countries included in the top-5 list together could not export as much rice. India alone has exported more than that. India has left all the countries of the world behind in the matter of rice export. The Indian Index has released figures, according to which India ranks first among the top 5 rice exporting countries. India alone exports 40.8 percent of rice in the global market. It is estimated that almost all the people in the world have Indian rice in their plates. India is first and Pakistan is third India has exported a record 23 million tonnes of rice in the financial year 2023-24. In the list of top-5 rice exporting countries, India is at first place with highest export. Thailand is at second place with export of 7.5 million tonnes in the financial year 2023-24. Vietnam is at third place with 7.5 million tonnes of rice export and Pakistan is at fourth place with 4.5 million tonnes of rice export. America is at number five and it has exported 2.5 million tonnes of rice. The rest of the countries around the world export a total of 11.7 million tonnes of rice. India alone exports more than the top 4 countries If we add the total rice export figure of 4 countries in the list of top-5 exporters, it comes to about 22 million tonnes, whereas India alone has left them all far behind by exporting 23 million tonnes of rice. This is the situation when India had banned non-Basmati rice exports in July 2023 to maintain domestic supply and control prices. Later, export of some other varieties has also been stopped.