China vs France: Cereal yields

China

6.49 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

France

6.28 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

China rank

24th

France rank

26th

Cereal yields over time

China currently reports 6.49 tonnes per hectare against 6.28 tonnes per hectare in France, a difference of 0.2139 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.

China ranks 24th and France ranks 26th of 185 countries.

Indicator: Cereal 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: 186 places, 10,534 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in tonnes per hectare.