Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in China
China: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 21,041 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 21,041 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield 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 peaked at 21,850 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,357 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places China 63rd 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, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,478 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,871 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 8,201 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 7,357 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 9,406 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1966 | 9,820 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 10,617 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 10,930 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 11,656 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 12,499 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 12,154 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 10,906 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 13,962 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1974 | 12,795 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 13,033 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 12,876 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 13,232 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 13,467 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 13,048 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 14,174 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 13,553 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 14,459 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 15,545 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 15,804 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 15,146 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 14,594 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 15,852 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 14,858 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 14,984 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 14,979 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 14,964 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 15,381 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 17,036 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 16,294 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 17,092 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 17,979 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 16,300 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 17,934 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 17,548 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 17,458 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 17,411 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 18,485 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 18,053 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 18,717 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 18,171 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 18,402 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 17,372 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 17,691 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 17,254 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 17,690 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 18,226 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 18,371 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 18,407 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 18,474 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 18,686 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 18,748 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 19,394 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 19,956 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 21,850 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 20,468 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 20,766 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 20,758 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 20,814 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 21,041 kg/ha | +1.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 21,041 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- China's 21,041 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,930 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,260 kg/ha | 7,357 kg/ha | 11,656 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,797 kg/ha | 10,906 kg/ha | 13,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,897 kg/ha | 13,553 kg/ha | 15,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,551 kg/ha | 14,964 kg/ha | 17,979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,901 kg/ha | 17,254 kg/ha | 18,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,980 kg/ha | 17,690 kg/ha | 21,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,769 kg/ha | 20,468 kg/ha | 21,041 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 60 Belarus 22,063 kg/ha compare
- 61 Kazakhstan 21,914 kg/ha compare
- 62 Portugal 21,722 kg/ha compare
- 64 China, mainland 21,038 kg/ha compare
- 65 Azerbaijan 20,990 kg/ha compare
- 66 Ghana 20,590 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in China?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in China was 21,041 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?
- The highest recorded value was 21,850 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,357 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does China rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- China ranks 63rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. 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 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.