China vs Japan: Bean yields

China

1.8 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Japan

1.76 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

China rank

37th

Japan rank

40th

Bean yields over time

China currently reports 1.8 tonnes per hectare against 1.76 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.0406 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

China ranks 37th and Japan ranks 40th of 132 countries.

Indicator: Bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 133 places, 6,635 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.