China, mainland vs South America: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- China, mainland
- South America
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 7,154 kg/ha against 5,978 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 1,176 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.2 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 9th and South America ranks 13th of 114 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,811 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 3,574 kg/ha | 1,771 kg/ha | 1,804 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 5,062 kg/ha | 2,143 kg/ha | 2,919 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 6,012 kg/ha | 3,009 kg/ha | 3,003 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 6,312 kg/ha | 4,147 kg/ha | 2,164 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 6,831 kg/ha | 5,295 kg/ha | 1,536 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 7,106 kg/ha | 6,009 kg/ha | 1,097 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, China, mainland or South America?
- China, mainland, at 7,154 kg/ha against 5,978 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between China, mainland and South America?
- 1,176 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and South America rank globally for rice — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 9th and South America ranks 13th of 114 countries.
- 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.