Cassava, fresh — Yield in China
China: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 16,364 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 16,364 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in China peaked at 16,588 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11,405 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places China 25th out of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,400 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,235 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 11,405 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1964 | 11,572 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 12,589 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1966 | 12,134 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 12,586 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 12,354 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 11,976 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 11,875 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 12,316 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 12,305 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 12,211 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 12,276 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 11,981 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 12,593 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 12,400 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 12,693 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 14,090 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1980 | 14,619 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 15,161 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 15,279 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 15,810 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 15,807 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 14,996 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 15,185 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 14,344 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 14,132 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 14,666 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 13,914 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 14,354 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 14,554 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 14,744 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 14,916 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 15,074 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 15,286 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 15,410 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 15,497 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 15,975 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 15,976 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16,056 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 15,905 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 16,016 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 15,526 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 15,400 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 16,236 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 16,239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,304 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 16,368 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 16,379 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 16,379 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 16,301 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 16,108 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 16,093 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 16,509 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 16,569 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 16,572 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16,574 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16,581 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16,588 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 16,215 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 16,458 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 16,419 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 16,364 kg/ha | -0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 16,364 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- China's 16,364 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,191 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,139 kg/ha | 11,405 kg/ha | 12,589 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,474 kg/ha | 11,875 kg/ha | 14,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,000 kg/ha | 14,132 kg/ha | 15,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,972 kg/ha | 13,914 kg/ha | 15,975 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,003 kg/ha | 15,400 kg/ha | 16,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,406 kg/ha | 16,093 kg/ha | 16,581 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,409 kg/ha | 16,215 kg/ha | 16,588 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 22 Panama 16,953 kg/ha compare
- 23 Mali 16,573 kg/ha compare
- 24 El Salvador 16,394 kg/ha compare
- 26 China, mainland 16,359 kg/ha compare
- 27 Solomon Islands 16,191 kg/ha compare
- 28 Mauritius 15,780 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 cassava, fresh — yield in China?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in China was 16,364 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 16,588 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,405 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does China rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- China ranks 25th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.