Peppermint, spearmint — Yield in China
China: Peppermint, spearmint — Yield was 1,640 kg/ha in 1982. ▼ Falling
Peppermint, spearmint — Yield in China, 1961–1982
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1982, peppermint, spearmint — yield in China stood at 1,640 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peppermint, spearmint — yield in China peaked at 9,313 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,640 kg/ha, in 1982.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Peppermint, spearmint — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,313 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,015 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 7,897 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 7,870 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,167 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1966 | 6,214 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 7,045 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 5,504 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 5,837 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 6,178 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 6,067 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 3,859 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1973 | 2,546 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1974 | 4,556 kg/ha | +79.0% |
| 1975 | 4,548 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 3,604 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1977 | 2,962 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1978 | 2,935 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,958 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 1,897 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 1,709 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 1,640 kg/ha | -4.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Peppermint, spearmint — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +79.0% | 2,546 kg/ha | 4,556 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,096 kg/ha | 5,504 kg/ha | 9,313 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,921 kg/ha | 1,958 kg/ha | 6,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,749 kg/ha | 1,640 kg/ha | 1,897 kg/ha | 3 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is peppermint, spearmint — yield in China?
- Peppermint, spearmint — yield in China was 1,640 kg/ha in 1982, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peppermint, spearmint — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 9,313 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest peppermint, spearmint — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,640 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does China rank for peppermint, spearmint — yield?
- China ranks 8th out of 9 countries with data for 1982.
- Is peppermint, spearmint — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Peppermint, spearmint — 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.