Plums and sloes — Yield in China
China: Plums and sloes — Yield was 3,461 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in China is 3,461 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in China peaked at 6,689 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,638 kg/ha, in 1989.
That places China 71st out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,689 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,760 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 5,819 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 5,052 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1965 | 5,133 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 3,608 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1967 | 3,484 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 3,045 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1969 | 3,397 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1970 | 3,123 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 2,852 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 3,823 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1973 | 4,634 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1974 | 3,664 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1975 | 3,452 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1976 | 2,996 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1977 | 2,643 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1978 | 3,392 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1979 | 4,337 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1980 | 4,120 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 4,143 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 3,335 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1983 | 3,849 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 3,811 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,715 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1986 | 2,006 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1987 | 2,058 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 1,834 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 1,638 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 1,726 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 1,926 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1992 | 2,089 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 2,157 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 2,258 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 2,518 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 2,733 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 3,556 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1998 | 2,624 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1999 | 3,004 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2000 | 2,710 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 2,999 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 3,224 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 3,137 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 3,229 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 3,478 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 3,508 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 3,114 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 3,160 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 3,231 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 3,316 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 3,387 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 3,315 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 3,336 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 3,374 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 3,376 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,432 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 3,477 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 3,507 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 3,520 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 3,400 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 3,475 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 3,464 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,446 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,461 kg/ha | +0.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3,461 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,838 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,665 kg/ha | 3,045 kg/ha | 6,689 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,492 kg/ha | 2,643 kg/ha | 4,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,951 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha | 4,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,459 kg/ha | 1,726 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,179 kg/ha | 2,710 kg/ha | 3,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,404 kg/ha | 3,315 kg/ha | 3,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,449 kg/ha | 3,400 kg/ha | 3,475 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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 plums and sloes — yield in China?
- Plums and sloes — yield in China was 3,461 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 6,689 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,638 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does China rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- China ranks 71st out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.