China vs Europe: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- China
- Europe
How they compare
China currently reports 7,150 kg/ha against 6,399 kg/ha in Europe, a difference of 751 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Europe ahead.
China ranks 11th and Europe ranks 10th of 127 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,833 kg/ha | 3,887 kg/ha | 1,054 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 3,585 kg/ha | 4,017 kg/ha | 431.18 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 5,058 kg/ha | 4,255 kg/ha | 802.81 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 6,005 kg/ha | 4,840 kg/ha | 1,165 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 6,306 kg/ha | 5,780 kg/ha | 526.09 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 6,827 kg/ha | 6,317 kg/ha | 509.5 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 7,102 kg/ha | 6,188 kg/ha | 913.94 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, China or Europe?
- China, at 7,150 kg/ha against 6,399 kg/ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between China and Europe?
- 751 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Europe rank globally for rice — yield?
- China ranks 11th and Europe ranks 10th of 127 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.