Apricots — Yield in China
China: Apricots — Yield was 3,111 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apricots — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 3,111 kg/ha for apricots — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in China peaked at 17,192 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 2,790 kg/ha, in 2019.
China ranks 57th of 70 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,213 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,308 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 5,336 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1964 | 7,701 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1965 | 9,982 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1966 | 9,408 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 10,047 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 9,355 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 12,470 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 12,180 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 6,490 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1972 | 8,818 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1973 | 9,607 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 6,704 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1975 | 6,497 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 7,628 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1977 | 6,983 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 7,898 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1979 | 7,524 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 13,259 kg/ha | +76.2% |
| 1981 | 17,192 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1982 | 10,221 kg/ha | -40.5% |
| 1983 | 5,658 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1984 | 12,838 kg/ha | +126.9% |
| 1985 | 12,424 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 11,604 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 10,198 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 10,158 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 12,069 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1990 | 10,666 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1991 | 7,384 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1992 | 6,929 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 4,736 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1994 | 6,583 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1995 | 3,584 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 1996 | 7,747 kg/ha | +116.1% |
| 1997 | 8,116 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 4,840 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1999 | 5,453 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 5,486 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 4,984 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 4,039 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2003 | 4,492 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 5,374 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2005 | 4,896 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 4,342 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 3,857 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 3,799 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 4,022 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 4,349 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 4,279 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 3,931 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 3,908 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,024 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 3,904 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 3,155 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2017 | 3,094 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,166 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 2,790 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 3,257 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 3,219 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 3,272 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 3,090 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 3,111 kg/ha | +0.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3,111 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,976 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Yield in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +126.9% | 5,658 kg/ha | 12,838 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +116.1% | 3,584 kg/ha | 7,747 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,536 kg/ha | 5,336 kg/ha | 12,470 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,033 kg/ha | 6,490 kg/ha | 12,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,562 kg/ha | 5,658 kg/ha | 17,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,604 kg/ha | 3,584 kg/ha | 10,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,529 kg/ha | 3,799 kg/ha | 5,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,660 kg/ha | 2,790 kg/ha | 4,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,190 kg/ha | 3,090 kg/ha | 3,272 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 54 USSR 3,896 kg/ha compare
- 55 Slovenia 3,222 kg/ha compare
- 56 Poland 3,182 kg/ha compare
- 58 Tajikistan 3,042 kg/ha compare
- 59 China, mainland 2,893 kg/ha compare
- 60 Kyrgyzstan 2,835 kg/ha compare
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 apricots — yield in China?
- Apricots — yield in China was 3,111 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 17,192 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,790 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does China rank for apricots — yield?
- China ranks 57th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.