China, mainland vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cereals, primary — Yield

China, mainland
6,495 kg/ha
in 2024
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2,402 kg/ha
in 2024
China, mainland rank
24th
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
8th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • China, mainland
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
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How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 6,495 kg/ha against 2,402 kg/ha in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), a difference of 4,093 kg/ha.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.7 times Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.

China, mainland ranks 24th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 8th of 178 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 1,670 kg/ha 1,115 kg/ha 555.31 kg/ha China, mainland
1970s 2,439 kg/ha 1,255 kg/ha 1,184 kg/ha China, mainland
1980s 3,677 kg/ha 1,463 kg/ha 2,215 kg/ha China, mainland
1990s 4,623 kg/ha 1,600 kg/ha 3,023 kg/ha China, mainland
2000s 5,134 kg/ha 1,935 kg/ha 3,199 kg/ha China, mainland
2010s 5,938 kg/ha 2,200 kg/ha 3,739 kg/ha China, mainland
2020s 6,385 kg/ha 2,370 kg/ha 4,015 kg/ha China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, China, mainland or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
China, mainland, at 6,495 kg/ha against 2,402 kg/ha in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
4,093 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
China, mainland ranks 24th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 8th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.