Apples — Yield in China
China: Apples — Yield was 24,542 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in China is 24,542 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in China peaked at 24,875 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,856 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 27th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,856 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,368 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1963 | 2,610 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 3,000 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1965 | 2,891 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1966 | 2,381 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1967 | 3,000 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1968 | 2,679 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 4,000 kg/ha | +49.3% |
| 1970 | 3,192 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1971 | 3,285 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 3,036 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 3,032 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 3,011 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 3,269 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 3,212 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 3,647 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 3,813 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 3,716 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 3,201 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1981 | 4,147 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1982 | 3,379 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1983 | 4,887 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1984 | 3,894 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1985 | 4,781 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1986 | 2,851 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1987 | 2,963 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 2,620 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1989 | 2,669 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 2,649 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 2,739 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 3,427 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1993 | 4,032 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1994 | 4,138 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 4,745 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1996 | 5,710 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1997 | 6,067 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 7,432 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1999 | 8,529 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2000 | 9,064 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 9,687 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 9,928 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 11,101 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 12,615 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 12,701 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 13,723 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 14,200 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 14,980 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 15,459 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 15,543 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 16,527 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 17,250 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 17,464 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 18,010 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 16,706 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 19,032 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 21,258 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 20,237 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 20,783 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 22,023 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 23,277 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 24,322 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 24,875 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 24,542 kg/ha | -1.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 24,542 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,310 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,754 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,321 kg/ha | 3,011 kg/ha | 3,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,539 kg/ha | 2,620 kg/ha | 4,887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,947 kg/ha | 2,649 kg/ha | 8,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,346 kg/ha | 9,064 kg/ha | 15,459 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,281 kg/ha | 15,543 kg/ha | 21,258 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,808 kg/ha | 22,023 kg/ha | 24,875 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in China?
- Apples — yield in China was 24,542 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 24,875 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,856 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for apples — yield?
- China ranks 27th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.