Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in China
China: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 14,773 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 14,773 kg/ha for citrus fruit, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in China peaked at 14,999 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,918 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 51st of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,918 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,166 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 2,960 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 3,332 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 3,391 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 3,594 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 3,578 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 3,666 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 3,609 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 3,456 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 3,711 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 4,200 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1973 | 4,362 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 4,497 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 4,371 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 4,215 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 4,702 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 4,469 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 4,027 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 4,123 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 4,180 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 4,076 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 4,732 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1984 | 4,661 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 4,052 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 4,157 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 4,152 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 3,215 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1989 | 4,701 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 1990 | 4,884 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 5,909 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1992 | 5,059 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 6,059 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1994 | 6,254 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 6,966 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1996 | 6,795 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 7,884 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1998 | 7,004 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 8,563 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2000 | 7,078 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2001 | 8,903 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2002 | 8,667 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 9,098 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 9,344 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 9,338 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 10,124 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 10,207 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 11,742 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 11,760 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 12,052 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 12,960 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 13,811 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 13,774 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 13,919 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 14,603 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 14,650 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 14,892 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 14,999 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14,396 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 14,456 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 14,687 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 14,444 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 14,612 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 14,773 kg/ha | +1.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 14,773 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,805 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- China's 14,773 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11,632 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +46.2% | 3,215 kg/ha | 4,701 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,357 kg/ha | 2,918 kg/ha | 3,666 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,201 kg/ha | 3,456 kg/ha | 4,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,205 kg/ha | 3,215 kg/ha | 4,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,538 kg/ha | 4,884 kg/ha | 8,563 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,626 kg/ha | 7,078 kg/ha | 11,760 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,006 kg/ha | 12,052 kg/ha | 14,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,594 kg/ha | 14,444 kg/ha | 14,773 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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 citrus fruit, total — yield in China?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in China was 14,773 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 14,999 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,918 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- China ranks 51st out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.