Cereals, primary — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,495 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 6,495 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in China, mainland peaked at 6,495 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,193 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 24th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,193 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,323 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 1,491 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 1,623 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 1,746 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 1,879 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 1,936 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 1,939 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 1,900 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 2,128 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 2,174 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 2,106 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 2,276 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 2,389 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 2,480 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 2,522 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 2,487 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 2,792 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 3,032 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 2,937 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 3,082 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 3,456 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 3,716 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 3,955 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 3,820 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 3,890 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 3,973 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 3,931 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 4,015 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 4,306 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 4,231 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 4,362 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 4,562 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 4,505 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 4,659 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 4,892 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 4,813 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 4,953 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 4,945 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 4,753 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 4,800 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 4,869 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 4,871 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,187 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 5,225 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 5,313 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 5,319 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 5,549 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 5,449 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 5,529 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 5,712 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 5,829 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 5,898 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 5,898 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,985 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 6,017 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 6,111 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 6,126 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 6,279 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 6,298 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 6,324 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 6,386 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 6,424 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 6,495 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,670 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,939 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,439 kg/ha | 2,106 kg/ha | 3,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,677 kg/ha | 2,937 kg/ha | 4,015 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,623 kg/ha | 4,231 kg/ha | 4,953 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,134 kg/ha | 4,753 kg/ha | 5,549 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,938 kg/ha | 5,529 kg/ha | 6,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,385 kg/ha | 6,298 kg/ha | 6,495 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 21 Guyana 6,563 kg/ha compare
- 22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6,558 kg/ha compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 6,544 kg/ha compare
- 25 China 6,494 kg/ha compare
- 26 China, Taiwan Province of 6,426 kg/ha compare
- 27 France 6,281 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in China, mainland?
- Cereals, primary — yield in China, mainland was 6,495 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,495 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,193 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 24th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.