在黎曼几何中，数量曲率（Scalar curvature）或里奇数量（Rcii scalar）是一个黎曼流形最简单的曲率不变量。对黎曼流形的每一点，数量曲率是由该点附近的内蕴几何确定的一个实数。

在 2 维数量曲率完全确定了黎曼流形的曲率；当维数 ≥ 3，曲率比数量曲率含有更多的信息。参见黎曼流形的曲率中完整的讨论。

数量曲率一般记为 S（其它记法有 Sc, R），定义为关于度量的里奇曲率张量的迹：

这个迹和度量相关，因为里奇张量是一个 (0,2) 型张量；必须将指标上升得到一个 (1,1) 型张量才能取迹。在局部坐标中我们可以写成

In Riemannian geometry, the scalar curvature (or the Ricci scalar) is the simplest curvature invariant of a Riemannian manifold. To each point on a Riemannian manifold, it assigns a single real number determined by the intrinsic geometry of the manifold near that point. Specifically, the scalar curvature represents the amount by which the volume of a geodesic ball in a curved Riemannian manifold deviates from that of the standard ball in Euclidean space. In two dimensions, the scalar curvature is twice the Gaussian curvature, and completely characterizes the curvature of a surface. In more than two dimensions, however, the curvature of Riemannian manifolds involves more than one functionally independent quantity.