Americas vs China, mainland: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Americas
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 7,154 kg/ha against 6,399 kg/ha in Americas, a difference of 755 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.1 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 9th and China, mainland ranks 10th of 32 groups.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,078 kg/ha | 2,811 kg/ha | 732.76 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 2,221 kg/ha | 3,574 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 2,687 kg/ha | 5,062 kg/ha | 2,375 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 3,595 kg/ha | 6,012 kg/ha | 2,416 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 4,680 kg/ha | 6,312 kg/ha | 1,632 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 5,681 kg/ha | 6,831 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 6,354 kg/ha | 7,106 kg/ha | 751.6 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Americas or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 7,154 kg/ha against 6,399 kg/ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Americas and China, mainland?
- 755 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China, mainland rank globally for rice — yield?
- Americas ranks 9th and China, mainland ranks 10th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — 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.