China vs United States: Groundnut yields
China
4.04 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
United States
4.11 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
13th
United States rank
12th
Groundnut yields over time
- China
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 4.11 tonnes per hectare against 4.04 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 0.07 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.
China ranks 13th and United States ranks 12th of 119 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 0.7127 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1970s | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1980s | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | 2.77 tonnes per hectare | 0.9618 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1990s | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | 2.74 tonnes per hectare | 0.1963 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2000s | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 3.37 tonnes per hectare | 0.2878 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2010s | 3.64 tonnes per hectare | 4.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.6626 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2020s | 3.94 tonnes per hectare | 4.35 tonnes per hectare | 0.4128 tonnes per hectare | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnut yields, China or United States?
- United States, at 4.11 tonnes per hectare against 4.04 tonnes per hectare in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnut yields between China and United States?
- 0.07 tonnes per hectare, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and United States?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and United States rank globally for groundnut yields?
- China ranks 13th and United States ranks 12th 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.