Bean yields in China
China: Bean yields was 1.8 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.8 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
37th
of 133 countries
All-time high
1.8 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
All-time low
0.6667 tonnes per hectare
in 1968
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Bean yields in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
China recorded 1.8 tonnes per hectare for bean yields in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bean yields in China peaked at 1.8 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6667 tonnes per hectare, in 1968.
That places China 37th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bean yields in China, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6871 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.8286 tonnes per hectare | +20.6% |
| 1963 | 0.7857 tonnes per hectare | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 0.8214 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 0.8393 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.72 tonnes per hectare | -14.2% |
| 1967 | 0.72 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.6667 tonnes per hectare | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 0.6957 tonnes per hectare | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 0.8261 tonnes per hectare | +18.7% |
| 1971 | 0.8737 tonnes per hectare | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 0.8889 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.9444 tonnes per hectare | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 1 tonnes per hectare | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 1 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.9706 tonnes per hectare | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.9412 tonnes per hectare | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +17.2% |
| 1979 | 0.9912 tonnes per hectare | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 1 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 1 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | +13.3% |
| 1983 | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | +24.1% |
| 1989 | 1 tonnes per hectare | -22.4% |
| 1990 | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | +50.0% |
| 1991 | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | -13.1% |
| 1992 | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | -15.5% |
| 1994 | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | +15.9% |
| 1997 | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | -10.8% |
| 2011 | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 1.49 tonnes per hectare | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1.8 tonnes per hectare is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.23 tonnes per hectare, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- China's 1.8 tonnes per hectare is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.26 tonnes per hectare, 1.4× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bean yields 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +50.0% | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7516 tonnes per hectare | 0.6667 tonnes per hectare | 0.8393 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9539 tonnes per hectare | 0.8261 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 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 bean yields in China?
- Bean yields in China was 1.8 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest bean yields recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest bean yields recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6667 tonnes per hectare in 1968.
- How does China rank for bean yields?
- China ranks 37th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bean yields rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.