Rice — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Rice — Yield was 7,154 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in China, mainland is 7,154 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in China, mainland peaked at 7,154 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,043 kg/ha, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 10th of 127 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,811 kg/ha | 2,043 kg/ha | 3,165 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,574 kg/ha | 3,229 kg/ha | 4,248 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,062 kg/ha | 4,134 kg/ha | 5,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,012 kg/ha | 5,640 kg/ha | 6,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,312 kg/ha | 6,061 kg/ha | 6,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,831 kg/ha | 6,553 kg/ha | 7,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,106 kg/ha | 7,043 kg/ha | 7,154 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in China, mainland?
- Rice — yield in China, mainland was 7,154 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 7,154 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,043 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for rice — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 10th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.