China vs Egypt: Groundnut yields
China
4.04 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt
3.76 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
13th
Egypt rank
16th
Groundnut yields over time
- China
- Egypt
How they compare
China currently reports 4.04 tonnes per hectare against 3.76 tonnes per hectare in Egypt, a difference of 0.28 tonnes per hectare.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
China ranks 13th and Egypt ranks 16th of 119 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Egypt in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 0.9021 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1970s | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 0.7021 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1980s | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.2967 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1990s | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 0.1248 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 3.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.1375 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 3.64 tonnes per hectare | 3.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.3339 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2020s | 3.94 tonnes per hectare | 3.6 tonnes per hectare | 0.3414 tonnes per hectare | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnut yields, China or Egypt?
- China, at 4.04 tonnes per hectare against 3.76 tonnes per hectare in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnut yields between China and Egypt?
- 0.28 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Egypt rank globally for groundnut yields?
- China ranks 13th and Egypt ranks 16th of 119 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 Groundnut yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.