Maize (corn) — Yield in China
China: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,591 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 6,591 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in China peaked at 6,591 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,185 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 46th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,559 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 1,936 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,432 kg/ha | 1,925 kg/ha | 2,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,604 kg/ha | 3,051 kg/ha | 3,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,803 kg/ha | 4,390 kg/ha | 5,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,071 kg/ha | 4,599 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,929 kg/ha | 5,460 kg/ha | 6,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,434 kg/ha | 6,291 kg/ha | 6,591 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 43 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,665 kg/ha compare
- 44 Ukraine 6,600 kg/ha compare
- 45 China, mainland 6,592 kg/ha compare
- 47 Argentina 6,581 kg/ha compare
- 48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,250 kg/ha compare
- 49 Kazakhstan 6,198 kg/ha compare
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 maize (corn) — yield in China?
- Maize (corn) — yield in China was 6,591 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 6,591 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,185 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- China ranks 46th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 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.