Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in China
China: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production was 6.78 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in China is 6.78 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in China peaked at 8.79 million t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.02 million t, in 1962.
China ranks 1st of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.17 million t | 1.02 million t | 2.89 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.90 million t | 2.47 million t | 3.20 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.39 million t | 3.64 million t | 7.61 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.53 million t | 4.53 million t | 6.87 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.09 million t | 5.19 million t | 8.79 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.84 million t | 5.85 million t | 8.47 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.80 million t | 6.32 million t | 7.14 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in China?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production in China was 6.78 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 8.79 million t in 2007.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 million t in 1962.
- How does China rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production?
- China ranks 1st out of 144 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Production. 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.