Maize (corn) — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,592 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 6,592 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in China, mainland peaked at 6,592 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,184 kg/ha, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 45th of 178 countries on this measure, 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 | 1,558 kg/ha | 1,184 kg/ha | 1,934 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,431 kg/ha | 1,924 kg/ha | 2,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,602 kg/ha | 3,051 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,801 kg/ha | 4,387 kg/ha | 5,268 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,069 kg/ha | 4,598 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,929 kg/ha | 5,459 kg/ha | 6,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,434 kg/ha | 6,291 kg/ha | 6,592 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
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- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in China, mainland?
- Maize (corn) — yield in China, mainland was 6,592 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,592 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,184 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 45th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.