Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in China
China: Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield was 42,895 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in China stood at 42,895 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in China peaked at 45,424 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8,568 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 14th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,568 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,162 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 9,556 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 9,472 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 9,988 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 10,217 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 10,370 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 11,351 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 11,750 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 12,464 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 12,578 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 11,780 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 13,464 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 14,122 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 13,614 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 12,292 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1977 | 12,278 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 11,927 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 12,629 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 12,250 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 13,010 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 12,700 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 12,867 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 12,995 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 13,218 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 13,486 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 13,100 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 13,457 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 13,891 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 15,024 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 16,245 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 17,588 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 17,031 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 16,982 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 17,314 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 17,549 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 17,244 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 17,499 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 20,917 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 18,732 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2001 | 17,949 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 18,736 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 18,823 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 18,335 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 17,894 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 17,859 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 29,309 kg/ha | +64.1% |
| 2008 | 33,823 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 35,074 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 35,151 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 35,978 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 35,700 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 36,109 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 36,820 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 39,971 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 41,366 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 42,574 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 44,128 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 45,424 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 43,829 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 43,058 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 42,508 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 43,123 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 42,895 kg/ha | -0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 42,895 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17,741 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- China's 42,895 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 19,364 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +64.1% | 17,859 kg/ha | 29,309 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,048 kg/ha | 8,568 kg/ha | 11,750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,715 kg/ha | 11,780 kg/ha | 14,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,097 kg/ha | 12,250 kg/ha | 13,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,339 kg/ha | 15,024 kg/ha | 20,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,653 kg/ha | 17,859 kg/ha | 35,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,322 kg/ha | 35,151 kg/ha | 45,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,083 kg/ha | 42,508 kg/ha | 43,829 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 11 Greece 55,437 kg/ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 7,049 kg/ha compare
- 12 Mexico 48,510 kg/ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 6,512 kg/ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 42,922 kg/ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 5,365 kg/ha compare
- 15 Italy 41,184 kg/ha compare
- 16 Qatar 40,938 kg/ha compare
- 17 Armenia 38,300 kg/ha 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 eggplants (aubergines) — yield in China?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — yield in China was 42,895 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 45,424 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,568 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for eggplants (aubergines) — yield?
- China ranks 14th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.