Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in China
China: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,175 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in China stood at 1,175 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in China peaked at 1,298 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 626.3 kg/ha, in 1985.
China ranks 14th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 626.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 655.3 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 652.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 657.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 665.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 677.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 705.6 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 762 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 767.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 896.9 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1995 | 1,072 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1996 | 1,019 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 1,110 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 1,135 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 1,172 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 1,143 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 1,146 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,230 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 1,298 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 1,265 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 1,105 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2006 | 1,128 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 1,236 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 1,059 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 1,154 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 1,197 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 1,256 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 1,233 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 1,261 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1,239 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 1,141 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 1,164 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1,162 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,188 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 1,188 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,109 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 1,168 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 1,192 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 1,182 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,175 kg/ha | -0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1,175 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,317 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- China's 1,175 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,001 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 651.26 kg/ha | 626.3 kg/ha | 665.1 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 931.7 kg/ha | 677.6 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,176 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,203 kg/ha | 1,141 kg/ha | 1,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,165 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 1,192 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 11 Central African Republic 1,265 kg/ha compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 1,200 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 1,176 kg/ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 1,175 kg/ha compare
- 16 Colombia 991.7 kg/ha compare
- 17 Congo 902.9 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 natural rubber in primary forms — yield in China?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in China was 1,175 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,298 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 626.3 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does China rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- China ranks 14th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.