Oil palm fruit — Yield in China
China: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 13,167 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oil palm fruit — Yield in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in China is 13,167 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in China peaked at 14,651 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 12,326 kg/ha, in 1990.
China ranks 14th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 13,091 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 13,585 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 13,267 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 12,673 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 12,979 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 12,326 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 13,658 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 14,024 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 14,634 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 14,634 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14,634 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 14,476 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 14,643 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 14,465 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 14,651 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 14,222 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 13,830 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 14,043 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 14,255 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 14,362 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 14,362 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14,444 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 13,854 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 13,917 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 13,400 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 14,043 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 13,542 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 13,469 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 13,400 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 13,423 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 13,440 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 13,460 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 13,467 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 13,330 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 13,265 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 13,238 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 13,250 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 13,220 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 13,194 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 13,167 kg/ha | -0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 13,167 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- China's 13,167 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,814 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13,119 kg/ha | 12,673 kg/ha | 13,585 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 14,215 kg/ha | 12,326 kg/ha | 14,651 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,069 kg/ha | 13,400 kg/ha | 14,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,484 kg/ha | 13,265 kg/ha | 14,043 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,214 kg/ha | 13,167 kg/ha | 13,250 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 11 Brazil 14,525 kg/ha compare
- 12 Mexico 14,260 kg/ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 6,396 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 13,167 kg/ha compare
- 16 Cameroon 13,159 kg/ha compare
- 17 Sao Tome and Principe 12,863 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 oil palm fruit — yield in China?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in China was 13,167 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 14,651 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,326 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does China rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- China ranks 14th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.