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 45th out of 163 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,185 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,271 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 1,340 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 1,479 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 1,512 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 1,714 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 1,936 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 1,818 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 1,777 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 2,089 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 2,146 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,925 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 2,334 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1974 | 2,468 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 2,542 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 2,507 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 2,516 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 2,803 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 2,985 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 3,078 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 3,051 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 3,269 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 3,626 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 3,962 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 3,610 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1986 | 3,707 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 3,923 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 3,931 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 3,881 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 4,525 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1991 | 4,580 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 4,535 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 4,964 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 4,695 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 4,918 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 5,204 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 4,390 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1998 | 5,269 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 4,946 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 4,599 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 4,700 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 4,874 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 4,815 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 5,122 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 5,288 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 5,327 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 5,167 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 5,556 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 5,259 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 5,460 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 5,748 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 5,870 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 6,016 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 5,809 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 5,893 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 5,967 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 6,110 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 6,104 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 6,317 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 6,318 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,291 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 6,436 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 6,532 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 6,591 kg/ha | +0.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 6,591 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- China's 6,591 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,033 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
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
- 42 Sweden 6,769 kg/ha compare
- 43 Ukraine 6,600 kg/ha compare
- 44 China, mainland 6,592 kg/ha compare
- 46 Argentina 6,581 kg/ha compare
- 47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,250 kg/ha compare
- 48 Kazakhstan 6,198 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 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 45th out of 163 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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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.