Americas vs China: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 5,939 kg/ha against 3,281 kg/ha in Americas, a difference of 2,658 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.8 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 16th and China ranks 18th of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and China in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,609 kg/ha | 917.97 kg/ha | 690.88 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 1,891 kg/ha | 1,550 kg/ha | 341.16 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 2,151 kg/ha | 2,719 kg/ha | 568.48 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 2,453 kg/ha | 3,558 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 2,651 kg/ha | 4,248 kg/ha | 1,597 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 3,141 kg/ha | 5,219 kg/ha | 2,078 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 3,153 kg/ha | 5,825 kg/ha | 2,672 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Americas or China?
- China, at 5,939 kg/ha against 3,281 kg/ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Americas and China?
- 2,658 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Americas ranks 16th and China ranks 18th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.