Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 153.18 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in China, mainland stood at 153.18 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in China, mainland peaked at 189.57 million t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 82.25 million t, in 1964.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 88.56 million t | — |
| 1962 | 95.53 million t | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 87.30 million t | -8.6% |
| 1964 | 82.25 million t | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 101.20 million t | +23.0% |
| 1966 | 114.65 million t | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 114.17 million t | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 113.70 million t | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 123.00 million t | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 135.90 million t | +10.5% |
| 1971 | 128.37 million t | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 125.45 million t | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 160.77 million t | +28.2% |
| 1974 | 144.17 million t | -10.3% |
| 1975 | 145.88 million t | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 136.50 million t | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 151.85 million t | +11.2% |
| 1978 | 162.39 million t | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 146.30 million t | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 148.15 million t | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 134.57 million t | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 140.10 million t | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 151.35 million t | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 147.57 million t | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 134.98 million t | -8.5% |
| 1986 | 131.49 million t | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 145.66 million t | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 139.21 million t | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 140.89 million t | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 141.02 million t | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 140.28 million t | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 146.78 million t | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 163.72 million t | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 156.08 million t | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 167.99 million t | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 181.76 million t | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 164.65 million t | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 185.17 million t | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 187.24 million t | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 189.57 million t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 183.54 million t | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 188.76 million t | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 181.26 million t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 183.23 million t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 178.91 million t | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 151.34 million t | -15.4% |
| 2007 | 145.34 million t | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 152.82 million t | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 145.81 million t | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 148.36 million t | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 152.38 million t | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 150.52 million t | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 149.21 million t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 146.47 million t | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 143.68 million t | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 143.06 million t | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 146.77 million t | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 150.18 million t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 146.65 million t | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 151.42 million t | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 152.91 million t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 150.41 million t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 151.86 million t | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 153.18 million t | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 102.26 million t | 82.25 million t | 123.00 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 143.76 million t | 125.45 million t | 162.39 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 141.40 million t | 131.49 million t | 151.35 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 163.47 million t | 140.28 million t | 187.24 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 170.06 million t | 145.34 million t | 189.57 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 147.73 million t | 143.06 million t | 152.38 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 151.95 million t | 150.41 million t | 153.18 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in China, mainland?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in China, mainland was 153.18 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 189.57 million t in 2000.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.25 million t in 1964.
- How does China, mainland rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Production. 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.