Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in China
China: Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield was 45,970 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 45,970 kg/ha for pomelos and grapefruits — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in China peaked at 49,829 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,591 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 3rd out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,591 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,296 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1963 | 4,384 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 4,726 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 4,283 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1966 | 4,224 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 4,775 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1968 | 5,064 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 4,508 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1970 | 5,780 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1971 | 5,421 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 6,077 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1973 | 5,966 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 5,440 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 5,307 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 5,299 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 5,865 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 5,546 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 5,086 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 4,830 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 4,817 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 4,499 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 4,375 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 4,244 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 4,051 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 4,227 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 4,540 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 5,144 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 4,516 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1990 | 4,671 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 6,672 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1992 | 7,405 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 7,552 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 6,910 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 8,210 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1996 | 7,856 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 7,812 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 7,838 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 8,671 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 6,374 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2001 | 7,134 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2002 | 7,752 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 7,964 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 8,271 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 8,059 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 8,671 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 39,165 kg/ha | +351.7% |
| 2008 | 41,948 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 43,298 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 43,719 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 43,682 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 46,684 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 48,940 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 49,829 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 42,102 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2016 | 42,415 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 44,180 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 45,589 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 45,851 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 46,186 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 47,117 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 45,894 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 45,965 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 45,970 kg/ha | +0.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 45,970 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,638 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- China's 45,970 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,210 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pomelos and grapefruits — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +351.7% | 8,671 kg/ha | 39,165 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,428 kg/ha | 3,591 kg/ha | 5,064 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,579 kg/ha | 5,086 kg/ha | 6,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,524 kg/ha | 4,051 kg/ha | 5,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,359 kg/ha | 4,671 kg/ha | 8,671 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,864 kg/ha | 6,374 kg/ha | 43,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,299 kg/ha | 42,102 kg/ha | 49,829 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,226 kg/ha | 45,894 kg/ha | 47,117 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Israel 92,588 kg/ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 47,048 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 28,796 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,797 kg/ha compare
- 4 Bahamas 39,266 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 15,213 kg/ha compare
- 5 Cyprus 38,514 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15,103 kg/ha compare
- 6 Paraguay 36,980 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 13,529 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 pomelos and grapefruits — yield in China?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — yield in China was 45,970 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 49,829 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,591 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for pomelos and grapefruits — yield?
- China ranks 3rd out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.