China (People's Republic of) vs Eastern Africa: Cereals, primary — Yield

China (People's Republic of)
6,494 kg/ha
in 2024
Eastern Africa
1,941 kg/ha
in 2024
China (People's Republic of) rank
24th
Eastern Africa rank
26th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • China (People's Republic of)
  • Eastern Africa
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How they compare

China (People's Republic of) currently reports 6,494 kg/ha against 1,941 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 4,553 kg/ha.

That makes China (People's Republic of)'s figure about 3.3 times Eastern Africa's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China (People's Republic of) has been ahead every year.

China (People's Republic of) ranks 24th and Eastern Africa ranks 26th of 193 countries.

China (People's Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People's Republic of) Eastern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 1,687 kg/ha 904.77 kg/ha 782.43 kg/ha China (People's Republic of)
1970s 2,452 kg/ha 1,085 kg/ha 1,366 kg/ha China (People's Republic of)
1980s 3,685 kg/ha 1,238 kg/ha 2,446 kg/ha China (People's Republic of)
1990s 4,627 kg/ha 1,242 kg/ha 3,384 kg/ha China (People's Republic of)
2000s 5,136 kg/ha 1,328 kg/ha 3,807 kg/ha China (People's Republic of)
2010s 5,939 kg/ha 1,800 kg/ha 4,140 kg/ha China (People's Republic of)
2020s 6,386 kg/ha 1,996 kg/ha 4,390 kg/ha China (People's Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, China (People's Republic of) or Eastern Africa?
China (People's Republic of), at 6,494 kg/ha against 1,941 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between China (People's Republic of) and Eastern Africa?
4,553 kg/ha, with China (People's Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People's Republic of) and Eastern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China (People's Republic of) and Eastern Africa rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
China (People's Republic of) ranks 24th and Eastern Africa ranks 26th of 193 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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About this data

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.