Hempseed — Yield in China
China: Hempseed — Yield was 1,190 kg/ha in 1990. ◆ Volatile
Hempseed — Yield in China, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for hempseed — yield in China is 1,190 kg/ha, measured in 1990.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 240.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hempseed — yield in China peaked at 1,208 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 294.5 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places China 3rd out of 20 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Hempseed — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 296.8 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 299.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 299.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 294.5 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 297 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 299.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 345.5 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1975 | 347.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 345.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 343.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 338.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 348.4 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 350 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 589.5 kg/ha | +68.4% |
| 1982 | 787.9 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1983 | 909.3 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 883.7 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 891.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 1,206 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1987 | 1,208 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1,208 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,208 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1,190 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hempseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +68.4% | 350 kg/ha | 589.5 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +35.3% | 891.3 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +33.7% | 589.5 kg/ha | 787.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 299.59 kg/ha | 296.8 kg/ha | 300.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 326 kg/ha | 294.5 kg/ha | 348.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 924.13 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha | 1,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,190 kg/ha | 1,190 kg/ha | 1,190 kg/ha | 1 |
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 hempseed — yield in China?
- Hempseed — yield in China was 1,190 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hempseed — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,208 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest hempseed — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 294.5 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does China rank for hempseed — yield?
- China ranks 3rd out of 20 countries with data for 1990.
- Is hempseed — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 240.1%. 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 Hempseed — 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.