Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production was 19.82 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in China, mainland is 19.82 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in China, mainland peaked at 19.82 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.29 million t, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 5th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.29 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.39 million t | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 2.76 million t | +15.4% |
| 1964 | 3.34 million t | +21.1% |
| 1965 | 3.27 million t | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 3.84 million t | +17.5% |
| 1967 | 3.86 million t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 3.72 million t | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 3.53 million t | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 3.92 million t | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 3.99 million t | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 3.62 million t | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 4.13 million t | +14.2% |
| 1974 | 4.03 million t | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 3.97 million t | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 3.51 million t | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 3.70 million t | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 4.31 million t | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 4.75 million t | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 5.33 million t | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 6.72 million t | +26.1% |
| 1982 | 7.38 million t | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 7.33 million t | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 8.27 million t | +12.9% |
| 1985 | 9.09 million t | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 8.79 million t | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 9.46 million t | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 8.51 million t | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 8.13 million t | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 9.55 million t | +17.4% |
| 1991 | 9.88 million t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 9.68 million t | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 10.71 million t | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 11.67 million t | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 12.29 million t | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 11.99 million t | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 12.24 million t | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 12.68 million t | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 13.38 million t | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 14.92 million t | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 14.91 million t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 15.11 million t | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 14.59 million t | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 16.34 million t | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 16.04 million t | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 14.81 million t | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 14.23 million t | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 16.02 million t | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 16.38 million t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 16.22 million t | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 16.57 million t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 16.85 million t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 16.74 million t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 16.74 million t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16.01 million t | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 15.86 million t | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 16.90 million t | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 17.02 million t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 18.11 million t | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 18.28 million t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 17.68 million t | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 18.72 million t | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 19.44 million t | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 19.82 million t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.22 million t | 2.29 million t | 3.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.99 million t | 3.51 million t | 4.75 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.90 million t | 5.33 million t | 9.46 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.41 million t | 9.55 million t | 13.38 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.34 million t | 14.23 million t | 16.38 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.70 million t | 15.86 million t | 18.11 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.79 million t | 17.68 million t | 19.82 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in China, mainland?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — production in China, mainland was 19.82 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 19.82 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.29 million t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — production?
- China, mainland ranks 5th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production. 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.