Pulses, Total — Yield in China
China: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,873 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 1,873 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in China peaked at 1,873 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 795.3 kg/ha, in 1968.
China ranks 48th of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 876 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,018 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1963 | 999 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 1,080 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 1,084 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 874.9 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1967 | 875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 795.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 800.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 908.3 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 1,009 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 967.5 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 1,016 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 1,068 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 1,068 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,094 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 1,035 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 1,293 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1979 | 1,218 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 1,243 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 1,210 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 1,314 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 1,242 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 1,347 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 1,252 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 1,228 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 1,218 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 1,460 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1989 | 1,150 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1990 | 1,613 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 1991 | 1,387 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1992 | 1,235 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 1,443 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 1,412 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,439 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 1,500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 1,430 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 1,532 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 1,455 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 1,398 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 1,353 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 1,546 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2003 | 1,640 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 1,529 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 1,534 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,595 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1,470 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 1,636 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 1,568 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,408 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 1,665 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2012 | 1,692 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,646 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,724 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 1,742 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,732 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,853 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 1,822 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,806 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,808 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,837 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 1,853 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,867 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,873 kg/ha | +0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1,873 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- China's 1,873 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,124 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 933.56 kg/ha | 795.3 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,068 kg/ha | 908.3 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,266 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,444 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha | 1,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,527 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | 1,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,709 kg/ha | 1,408 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,848 kg/ha | 1,808 kg/ha | 1,873 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 45 China, Taiwan Province of 1,946 kg/ha compare
- 46 Lebanon 1,933 kg/ha compare
- 47 Russian Federation 1,889 kg/ha compare
- 49 China, mainland 1,873 kg/ha compare
- 50 Armenia 1,865 kg/ha compare
- 51 Canada 1,845 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 pulses, total — yield in China?
- Pulses, total — yield in China was 1,873 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1,873 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 795.3 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does China rank for pulses, total — yield?
- China ranks 48th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.