China (People’s Republic of) vs USSR: Natural honey — Production

China (People’s Republic of)
456,024 t
in 2024
USSR
240,000 t
in 1991
China (People’s Republic of) rank
1st
USSR rank
3rd

Natural honey — Production over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • USSR
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How they compare

China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 456,024 t against 240,000 t in USSR, a difference of 216,024 t.

That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 1.9 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and USSR ranks 3rd of 136 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 62,597 t 206,333 t 143,737 t USSR
1970s 82,901 t 194,557 t 111,656 t USSR
1980s 160,202 t 205,150 t 44,948 t USSR
1990s 205,218 t 238,000 t 32,782 t USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher natural honey — production, China (People’s Republic of) or USSR?
China (People’s Republic of), at 456,024 t against 240,000 t in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in natural honey — production between China (People’s Republic of) and USSR?
216,024 t, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and USSR rank globally for natural honey — production?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and USSR ranks 3rd of 136 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Natural honey — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Natural honey — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 9,712 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.