Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in China
China: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 1,511 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in China is 1,511 kg/ha, measured 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 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in China peaked at 1,511 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 384.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 32nd out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 384.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 418.5 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 437.7 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 483.6 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 480.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 594.2 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1967 | 589.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 596.6 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 566.4 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 645 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1971 | 644.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 535.5 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1973 | 659.9 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1974 | 622.9 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 607.7 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 549.1 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 589.1 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 615.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 633.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 661.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 721.6 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 733.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 822.9 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 884.3 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 847.2 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 856.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 899.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 833.5 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 794.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 897.7 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1991 | 857.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 815.3 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 955.1 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 982.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 984.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,020 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 1,054 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 1,051 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,068 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1,063 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,069 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,135 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 1,032 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 1,164 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2005 | 1,145 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1,143 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,136 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,204 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 1,185 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,214 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,255 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 1,292 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,286 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,291 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,306 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,334 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1,294 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,412 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 1,494 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 1,480 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,449 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,504 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 1,498 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,511 kg/ha | +0.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1,511 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 601.5 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- China's 1,511 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 512.65 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505.74 kg/ha | 384.8 kg/ha | 596.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 610.22 kg/ha | 535.5 kg/ha | 659.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 805.45 kg/ha | 661.3 kg/ha | 899.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 968.53 kg/ha | 815.3 kg/ha | 1,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,128 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,318 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | 1,494 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,488 kg/ha | 1,449 kg/ha | 1,511 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in China?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in China was 1,511 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,511 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 384.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- China ranks 32nd out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.