Brazil vs China: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 6.78 million t against 3.18 million t in Brazil, a difference of 3.60 million t.
That makes China's figure about 2.1 times Brazil's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 134 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 870,078 t | 2.17 million t | 1.30 million t | China |
| 1970s | 1.05 million t | 2.90 million t | 1.85 million t | China |
| 1980s | 1.08 million t | 5.39 million t | 4.30 million t | China |
| 1990s | 760,816 t | 5.53 million t | 4.76 million t | China |
| 2000s | 1.39 million t | 7.09 million t | 5.70 million t | China |
| 2010s | 1.79 million t | 6.84 million t | 5.05 million t | China |
| 2020s | 2.66 million t | 6.80 million t | 4.14 million t | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production, Brazil or China?
- China, at 6.78 million t against 3.18 million t in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production between Brazil and China?
- 3.60 million t, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China rank globally for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production?
- Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 134 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production. 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.