Rye — Yield in China
China: Rye — Yield was 3,087 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rye — yield in China is 3,087 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in China peaked at 3,750 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 833.3 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places China 29th out of 65 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.
Rye — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 833.3 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1963 | 866.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 1,154 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 928.6 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1967 | 1,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,038 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 1,024 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 1,016 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 1,125 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 1,167 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 1,364 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1976 | 1,454 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 1,091 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 1,375 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1979 | 1,800 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1980 | 1,556 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1981 | 1,563 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 1,750 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 1,938 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 2,267 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1985 | 1,833 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1986 | 1,562 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 1,749 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1988 | 1,635 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 1,526 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 1,492 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 1,510 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 1,685 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 1,625 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,815 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 1,579 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1996 | 1,623 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 1,656 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1,684 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,787 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 1,533 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 1,338 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 1,453 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 2,265 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 2004 | 2,143 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 1,986 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 1,273 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 2007 | 2,431 kg/ha | +91.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2009 | 3,405 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 3,167 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 3,750 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2012 | 3,421 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 3,444 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 3,059 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 3,104 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 3,209 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 3,159 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 3,047 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 3,139 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 3,205 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 3,196 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 3,109 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 3,098 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,087 kg/ha | -0.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3,087 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,845 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +91.0% | 1,273 kg/ha | 2,431 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 975.82 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 1,154 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,245 kg/ha | 1,016 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,738 kg/ha | 1,526 kg/ha | 2,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,646 kg/ha | 1,492 kg/ha | 1,815 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,083 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha | 3,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,250 kg/ha | 3,047 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,139 kg/ha | 3,087 kg/ha | 3,205 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 26 Ukraine 3,133 kg/ha compare
- 27 Hungary 3,130 kg/ha compare
- 28 Croatia 3,116 kg/ha compare
- 29 China, mainland 3,087 kg/ha compare
- 31 Tajikistan 3,002 kg/ha compare
- 32 Kyrgyzstan 2,988 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 rye — yield in China?
- Rye — yield in China was 3,087 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3,750 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 833.3 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for rye — yield?
- China ranks 29th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 Rye — 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.