Onions and shallots, green — Yield in China
China: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 36,152 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, green — yield in China is 36,152 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in China peaked at 36,654 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,293 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 6th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,293 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,470 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 9,824 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 9,717 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 9,960 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 9,939 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 10,318 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 10,466 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 10,426 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 12,644 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1971 | 11,811 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1972 | 11,979 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 13,087 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 12,236 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 12,453 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 12,331 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 12,972 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 11,488 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1979 | 13,208 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 13,384 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 12,554 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 12,979 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 11,826 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 15,194 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1985 | 15,769 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 17,654 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 18,037 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 17,991 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 19,115 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 19,479 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 20,061 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 20,204 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 22,138 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 23,383 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 25,481 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 25,465 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 24,799 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 23,731 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 23,157 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 24,370 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 23,095 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 28,209 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2003 | 32,563 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 34,056 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 33,496 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 34,869 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 33,184 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 33,336 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 33,402 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 35,025 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 35,534 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 35,465 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 35,463 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 35,771 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 35,697 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 35,416 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 35,854 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 35,924 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 36,419 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 36,620 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 36,572 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 36,654 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 36,597 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 36,152 kg/ha | -1.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 36,152 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,909 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- China's 36,152 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 18,271 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions and shallots, green — Yield in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +28.5% | 11,826 kg/ha | 15,194 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,935 kg/ha | 9,293 kg/ha | 10,466 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,421 kg/ha | 11,488 kg/ha | 13,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,450 kg/ha | 11,826 kg/ha | 19,115 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,790 kg/ha | 19,479 kg/ha | 25,481 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,058 kg/ha | 23,095 kg/ha | 34,869 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,657 kg/ha | 35,025 kg/ha | 36,419 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,519 kg/ha | 36,152 kg/ha | 36,654 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 3 Germany 40,089 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,276 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 38,599 kg/ha compare
- 5 Portugal 38,038 kg/ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 17,412 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,096 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, Hong Kong SAR 33,184 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 10,402 kg/ha compare
- 8 Libya 30,882 kg/ha compare
- 9 Morocco 27,992 kg/ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 3,991 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 onions and shallots, green — yield in China?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in China was 36,152 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 36,654 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,293 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- China ranks 6th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.