China vs Japan: Cereal yields

China
6.49 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan
6.25 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
24th
Japan rank
27th

Cereal yields over time

  • China
  • Japan
246196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 6.49 tonnes per hectare against 6.25 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.24 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

China ranks 24th and Japan ranks 27th of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 1.67 tonnes per hectare 4.6 tonnes per hectare 2.93 tonnes per hectare Japan
1970s 2.44 tonnes per hectare 5.57 tonnes per hectare 3.13 tonnes per hectare Japan
1980s 3.68 tonnes per hectare 5.52 tonnes per hectare 1.84 tonnes per hectare Japan
1990s 4.62 tonnes per hectare 5.8 tonnes per hectare 1.18 tonnes per hectare Japan
2000s 5.13 tonnes per hectare 6.01 tonnes per hectare 0.8757 tonnes per hectare Japan
2010s 5.94 tonnes per hectare 6.2 tonnes per hectare 0.262 tonnes per hectare Japan
2020s 6.39 tonnes per hectare 6.29 tonnes per hectare 0.0937 tonnes per hectare China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal yields, China or Japan?
China, at 6.49 tonnes per hectare against 6.25 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal yields between China and Japan?
0.24 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Japan?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Japan rank globally for cereal yields?
China ranks 24th and Japan ranks 27th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

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

Measured in tonnes per hectare.