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 23rd out of 193 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.
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
- 20 Guyana 6,563 kg/ha compare
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6,558 kg/ha compare
- 22 Republic of Korea 6,544 kg/ha compare
- 24 China 6,494 kg/ha compare
- 25 China, Taiwan Province of 6,426 kg/ha compare
- 26 France 6,281 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
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 23rd out of 193 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.