Beans, dry — Yield in China
China: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,806 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — yield in China stood at 1,806 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in China peaked at 1,806 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 669.3 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places China 36th out of 127 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.
Beans, dry — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 687.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 827.9 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 784.3 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 821.5 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 839 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 720.9 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1967 | 721.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 669.3 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 699.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 828.4 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 873.9 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 889.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 946 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 998.3 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 997.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 968.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 944.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 1,114 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1979 | 1,002 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1980 | 1,010 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 1,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,142 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 1,142 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,206 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 1,149 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 1,076 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 1,044 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 1,290 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1989 | 1,005 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1990 | 1,501 kg/ha | +49.3% |
| 1991 | 1,306 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 1,235 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 1,045 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1994 | 1,075 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 1,103 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,278 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1997 | 1,233 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 1,318 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 1,442 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 1,375 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 1,353 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 1,430 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 1,576 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 1,525 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 1,474 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,632 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 1,546 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,701 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 1,647 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 1,469 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2011 | 1,328 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 1,492 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 1,608 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 1,752 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 1,653 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 1,644 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,756 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 1,773 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,765 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,774 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,796 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,787 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,797 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,806 kg/ha | +0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1,806 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,210 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- China's 1,806 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,197 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +49.3% | 1,005 kg/ha | 1,501 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 752.34 kg/ha | 669.3 kg/ha | 839 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 956.24 kg/ha | 828.4 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,108 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,254 kg/ha | 1,045 kg/ha | 1,501 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,526 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | 1,701 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,624 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 1,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,792 kg/ha | 1,774 kg/ha | 1,806 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 33 Spain 1,908 kg/ha compare
- 34 Hungary 1,882 kg/ha compare
- 35 Italy 1,862 kg/ha compare
- 37 China, mainland 1,805 kg/ha compare
- 38 Afghanistan 1,794 kg/ha compare
- 39 Kyrgyzstan 1,778 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 beans, dry — yield in China?
- Beans, dry — yield in China was 1,806 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,806 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 669.3 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does China rank for beans, dry — yield?
- China ranks 36th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield 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, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.