Papayas — Yield in China
China: Papayas — Yield was 64,425 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 64,425 kg/ha for papayas — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in China peaked at 64,425 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17,530 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places China 5th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,354 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,136 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 19,862 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 20,172 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 20,110 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 17,919 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 21,073 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1968 | 21,053 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 21,368 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 20,322 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 22,911 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1972 | 20,891 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 25,850 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1974 | 34,895 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1975 | 27,347 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1976 | 29,397 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 17,530 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1978 | 22,034 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1979 | 30,264 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1980 | 23,831 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1981 | 33,876 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1982 | 27,533 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1983 | 29,988 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 24,499 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1985 | 26,243 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 18,918 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1987 | 22,816 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1988 | 27,722 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1989 | 24,399 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 25,008 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 38,366 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 1992 | 37,200 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 44,897 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1994 | 40,472 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 45,617 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1996 | 45,098 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 45,884 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 41,651 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 49,954 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2000 | 48,830 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 51,267 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 52,750 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 54,244 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 58,185 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 51,044 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 58,374 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 51,515 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 52,831 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 51,186 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 56,321 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 59,740 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 59,822 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 61,242 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 62,507 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 61,134 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 59,774 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 62,933 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 62,756 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 62,454 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 64,092 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 62,625 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 63,983 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 63,677 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 64,425 kg/ha | +1.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 64,425 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,345 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- China's 64,425 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21,276 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +53.4% | 25,008 kg/ha | 38,366 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,228 kg/ha | 17,919 kg/ha | 21,368 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,144 kg/ha | 17,530 kg/ha | 34,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,982 kg/ha | 18,918 kg/ha | 33,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,415 kg/ha | 25,008 kg/ha | 49,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,023 kg/ha | 48,830 kg/ha | 58,374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,868 kg/ha | 56,321 kg/ha | 62,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,760 kg/ha | 62,625 kg/ha | 64,425 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 Dominican Republic 136,529 kg/ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 99,741 kg/ha compare
- 3 Micronesia 25,730 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 69,031 kg/ha compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 23,382 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,871 kg/ha compare
- 6 Belize 60,828 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,958 kg/ha compare
- 7 Mexico 55,992 kg/ha compare
- 8 Costa Rica 54,003 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 papayas — yield in China?
- Papayas — yield in China was 64,425 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 64,425 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,530 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does China rank for papayas — yield?
- China ranks 5th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Papayas — 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.