Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 21,038 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in China, mainland is 21,038 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in China, mainland peaked at 21,848 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,212 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places China, mainland 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,346 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,762 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 8,174 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 7,212 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 9,314 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1966 | 9,716 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 10,498 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 10,842 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 11,559 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 12,443 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 12,089 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 10,843 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 13,926 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1974 | 12,746 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 12,998 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 12,847 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 13,207 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 13,447 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 13,023 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 14,158 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 13,544 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 14,454 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 15,550 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 15,810 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 15,146 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 14,593 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 15,852 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 14,855 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 14,981 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 14,976 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 14,959 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 15,376 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 17,035 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 16,291 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 17,090 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 17,977 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 16,295 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 17,934 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 17,544 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 17,454 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 17,408 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 18,482 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 18,048 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 18,715 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 18,168 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 18,397 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 17,367 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 17,686 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 17,248 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 17,682 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 18,218 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 18,364 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 18,401 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 18,465 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 18,678 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 18,743 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 19,389 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 19,950 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 21,848 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 20,464 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 20,762 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 20,754 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 20,812 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 21,038 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,158 kg/ha | 7,212 kg/ha | 11,559 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,757 kg/ha | 10,843 kg/ha | 13,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,894 kg/ha | 13,544 kg/ha | 15,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,548 kg/ha | 14,959 kg/ha | 17,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,897 kg/ha | 17,248 kg/ha | 18,715 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,974 kg/ha | 17,682 kg/ha | 21,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,766 kg/ha | 20,464 kg/ha | 21,038 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
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- 66 Ghana 20,590 kg/ha compare
- 67 Republic of Korea 20,345 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in China, mainland?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in China, mainland was 21,038 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 21,848 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,212 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does China, mainland rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. 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 — 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.