Potatoes — Yield in China
China: Potatoes — Yield was 20,806 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in China is 20,806 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in China peaked at 22,175 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 1963.
China ranks 74th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,922 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,199 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1963 | 8,000 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 8,753 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1965 | 9,414 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 9,002 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 8,953 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 8,902 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 10,160 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1970 | 10,749 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 10,478 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 10,219 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 13,499 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1974 | 12,998 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 11,570 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1976 | 11,300 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 13,235 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 12,747 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 11,138 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 11,245 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 10,281 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 10,892 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 11,375 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 11,658 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 10,802 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 10,006 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 10,314 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 11,518 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1989 | 11,009 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 11,321 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 10,565 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 12,620 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 14,873 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 13,658 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 13,384 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 14,200 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 14,966 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 15,892 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 12,703 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2000 | 14,035 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 13,684 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 15,040 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 15,062 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 15,711 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 14,526 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 15,317 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 14,628 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 15,182 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 14,417 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 15,669 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 16,283 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 16,771 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 17,091 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 17,142 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 17,312 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 17,687 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 18,208 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 18,972 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 22,175 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 19,859 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 20,368 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 20,355 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 20,436 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 20,806 kg/ha | +1.8% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 20,806 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- China's 20,806 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,105 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,145 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10,160 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,793 kg/ha | 10,219 kg/ha | 13,499 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,910 kg/ha | 10,006 kg/ha | 11,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,418 kg/ha | 10,565 kg/ha | 15,892 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,760 kg/ha | 13,684 kg/ha | 15,711 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,731 kg/ha | 15,669 kg/ha | 22,175 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,365 kg/ha | 19,859 kg/ha | 20,806 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 71 Azerbaijan 20,990 kg/ha compare
- 72 Mauritius 20,956 kg/ha compare
- 73 Zambia 20,945 kg/ha compare
- 75 China, mainland 20,805 kg/ha compare
- 76 Tajikistan 19,963 kg/ha compare
- 77 Qatar 19,825 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 potatoes — yield in China?
- Potatoes — yield in China was 20,806 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 22,175 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does China rank for potatoes — yield?
- China ranks 74th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. 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 Potatoes — 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.