China vs Japan: Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- China
- Japan
How they compare
China currently reports 6,494 kg/ha against 6,248 kg/ha in Japan, a difference of 246 kg/ha.
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 193 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 | 1,687 kg/ha | 4,600 kg/ha | 2,913 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 2,452 kg/ha | 5,567 kg/ha | 3,115 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 3,685 kg/ha | 5,519 kg/ha | 1,834 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 4,627 kg/ha | 5,804 kg/ha | 1,178 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 5,136 kg/ha | 6,009 kg/ha | 873.34 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 5,939 kg/ha | 6,200 kg/ha | 260.96 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 6,386 kg/ha | 6,292 kg/ha | 94.2 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, China or Japan?
- China, at 6,494 kg/ha against 6,248 kg/ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between China and Japan?
- 246 kg/ha, 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 cereals, primary — yield?
- China ranks 24th and Japan ranks 27th 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
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.