Cereals, primary — Yield in China
China: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,494 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 6,494 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in China peaked at 6,494 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,211 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 24th 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 | 1,687 kg/ha | 1,211 kg/ha | 1,958 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,452 kg/ha | 2,122 kg/ha | 3,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,685 kg/ha | 2,949 kg/ha | 4,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,627 kg/ha | 4,237 kg/ha | 4,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,136 kg/ha | 4,756 kg/ha | 5,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,939 kg/ha | 5,530 kg/ha | 6,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,386 kg/ha | 6,299 kg/ha | 6,494 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6,558 kg/ha compare
- 22 Republic of Korea 6,544 kg/ha compare
- 23 China, mainland 6,495 kg/ha compare
- 25 China, Taiwan Province of 6,426 kg/ha compare
- 26 France 6,281 kg/ha compare
- 27 Japan 6,248 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in China?
- Cereals, primary — yield in China was 6,494 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 6,494 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,211 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- China ranks 24th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. 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 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.