Oranges — Yield in China
China: Oranges — Yield was 18,996 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 18,996 kg/ha for oranges — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in China peaked at 18,996 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,664 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 35th out of 117 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oranges — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,664 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,994 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 2,664 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1964 | 2,876 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 2,887 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 3,113 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 3,035 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 3,199 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 3,224 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 3,179 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 3,666 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1972 | 4,325 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1973 | 4,533 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 4,634 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 4,510 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 4,361 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 4,884 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1978 | 4,596 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 4,067 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1980 | 4,451 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 4,204 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 4,432 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 5,178 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1984 | 5,086 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 4,713 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 4,326 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 4,533 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 3,493 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1989 | 5,057 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1990 | 5,108 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 6,390 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1992 | 5,151 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1993 | 6,212 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1994 | 6,403 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 7,175 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 7,189 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 6,663 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 4,924 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1999 | 5,226 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 4,578 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 5,672 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2002 | 5,794 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 6,739 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 6,872 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 7,618 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 8,427 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 9,176 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 10,758 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 12,212 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 12,718 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 14,645 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 15,524 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 15,218 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 12,783 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2015 | 16,257 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2016 | 16,317 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 16,868 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 16,934 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 16,961 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 17,007 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 17,988 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 18,267 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 18,627 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 18,996 kg/ha | +2.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 18,996 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,908 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- China's 18,996 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,078 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,962 kg/ha | 2,664 kg/ha | 3,224 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,276 kg/ha | 3,179 kg/ha | 4,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,547 kg/ha | 3,493 kg/ha | 5,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,044 kg/ha | 4,924 kg/ha | 7,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,785 kg/ha | 4,578 kg/ha | 12,212 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,423 kg/ha | 12,718 kg/ha | 16,961 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,177 kg/ha | 17,007 kg/ha | 18,996 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 32 Lebanon 19,737 kg/ha compare
- 33 Australia 19,620 kg/ha compare
- 34 Australia and New Zealand 19,466 kg/ha compare
- 36 China, mainland 18,912 kg/ha compare
- 37 Réunion 18,072 kg/ha compare
- 38 Serbia and Montenegro 17,826 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 oranges — yield in China?
- Oranges — yield in China was 18,996 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 18,996 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,664 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for oranges — yield?
- China ranks 35th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — 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.