China, mainland vs Southern Asia: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- China, mainland
- Southern Asia
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 5,940 kg/ha against 3,318 kg/ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 2,622 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.8 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
China, mainland ranks 17th and Southern Asia ranks 8th of 124 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 917.4 kg/ha | 887.44 kg/ha | 29.96 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 1,550 kg/ha | 1,249 kg/ha | 301.14 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 2,719 kg/ha | 1,655 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 3,558 kg/ha | 2,147 kg/ha | 1,411 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 4,248 kg/ha | 2,485 kg/ha | 1,763 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 5,219 kg/ha | 2,842 kg/ha | 2,377 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 5,826 kg/ha | 3,225 kg/ha | 2,600 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, China, mainland or Southern Asia?
- China, mainland, at 5,940 kg/ha against 3,318 kg/ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between China, mainland and Southern Asia?
- 2,622 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and Southern Asia rank globally for wheat — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 17th and Southern Asia ranks 8th of 124 countries.
- 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.