Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses in China
China: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses was 26,838 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals - excluding beer — losses in China is 26,838 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — losses in China peaked at 26,838 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19,025 1000 t, in 2010.
China ranks 1st of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19,025 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 19,985 1000 t | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 21,105 1000 t | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 21,464 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 21,926 1000 t | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 25,125 1000 t | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 24,365 1000 t | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 24,293 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 24,021 1000 t | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 24,067 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 24,811 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 26,679 1000 t | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 26,252 1000 t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 26,838 1000 t | +2.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 26,838 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96 1000 t, 279.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- China's 26,838 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 181 1000 t, 148.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22,538 1000 t | 19,025 1000 t | 25,125 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,145 1000 t | 24,811 1000 t | 26,838 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 26,774 1000 t compare
- 3 United States 21,996 1000 t compare
- 4 India 14,789 1000 t 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 cereals - excluding beer — losses in China?
- Cereals - excluding beer — losses in China was 26,838 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — losses recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 26,838 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — losses recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,025 1000 t in 2010.
- How does China rank for cereals - excluding beer — losses?
- China ranks 1st out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — losses rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.