Pears — Yield in China
China: Pears — Yield was 21,555 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 21,555 kg/ha for pears — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in China peaked at 21,555 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,695 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places China 14th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,012 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,695 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 4,003 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 3,846 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 3,792 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 4,290 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1967 | 4,522 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 4,682 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 4,077 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 4,078 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,556 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1972 | 4,770 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 4,474 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 4,389 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 4,123 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 4,611 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 3,925 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1978 | 5,268 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1979 | 4,806 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1980 | 5,157 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 5,616 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 6,091 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 6,289 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 7,176 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1985 | 6,512 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1986 | 6,101 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 4,833 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1988 | 5,659 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 5,496 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 5,066 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 5,330 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 5,547 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 5,476 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 5,475 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,822 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 6,294 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 4,960 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1998 | 7,972 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1999 | 7,977 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 8,332 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 8,595 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 8,975 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 9,270 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 9,865 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 10,207 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 11,055 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 12,086 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 12,632 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 13,320 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 14,233 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 14,600 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 15,726 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 15,580 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 16,176 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 14,745 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 16,492 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 17,808 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 17,073 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 18,104 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 19,250 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 20,481 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 21,050 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 21,348 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 21,555 kg/ha | +1.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 21,555 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,274 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +60.7% | 4,960 kg/ha | 7,972 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,102 kg/ha | 3,695 kg/ha | 4,682 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,500 kg/ha | 3,925 kg/ha | 5,268 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,893 kg/ha | 4,833 kg/ha | 7,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,992 kg/ha | 4,960 kg/ha | 7,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,434 kg/ha | 8,332 kg/ha | 13,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,054 kg/ha | 14,233 kg/ha | 18,104 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,737 kg/ha | 19,250 kg/ha | 21,555 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 pears — yield in China?
- Pears — yield in China was 21,555 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 21,555 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,695 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for pears — yield?
- China ranks 14th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. 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 Pears — 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.