Rape or colza seed — Yield in China
China: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,134 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in China stood at 2,134 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in China peaked at 2,141 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 263.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 32nd of 67 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.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 263.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 363.7 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1963 | 365.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 534.6 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 1965 | 603.7 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1966 | 521.4 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1967 | 606.9 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1968 | 646.2 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 616.7 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 665.5 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 764.3 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 711.6 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 646.5 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1974 | 670.9 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 665.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 576 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1977 | 529 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 719.7 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1979 | 871.1 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1980 | 839.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 1,071 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1982 | 1,373 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1983 | 1,169 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1984 | 1,232 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 1,248 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 1,196 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 1,254 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 1,022 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1989 | 1,089 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 1,264 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 1,212 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 1,281 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 1,309 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 1,296 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,416 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 1,366 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 1,474 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 1,272 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 1,469 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 1,519 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 1,597 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 1,477 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 1,582 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 1,813 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 1,793 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,833 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 1,874 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 1,835 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 1,876 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1,775 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 1,827 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,885 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 1,923 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1,947 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,972 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,982 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,995 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,028 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 2,048 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,077 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 2,104 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 2,141 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,091 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 2,134 kg/ha | +2.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2,134 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,854 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- China's 2,134 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,869 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +46.2% | 365.7 kg/ha | 534.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 502.46 kg/ha | 263.2 kg/ha | 646.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 681.98 kg/ha | 529 kg/ha | 871.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,149 kg/ha | 839.3 kg/ha | 1,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,336 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,720 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 1,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,938 kg/ha | 1,775 kg/ha | 2,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,109 kg/ha | 2,077 kg/ha | 2,141 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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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)
- 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 rape or colza seed — yield in China?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in China was 2,134 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2,141 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 263.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- China ranks 32nd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.