Soya beans — Yield in China
China: Soya beans — Yield was 2,001 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in China is 2,001 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in China peaked at 2,001 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 626 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 42nd of 98 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 626 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 687.3 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 719.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 788.8 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 718.5 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1966 | 984.1 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1967 | 976.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 965.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 920.1 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 1,094 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1971 | 1,108 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 855.2 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1973 | 1,134 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1974 | 1,033 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 1,038 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 996 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 1,065 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 1,062 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 1,032 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 1,101 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,164 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,074 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 1,291 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1984 | 1,331 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 1,361 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 1,400 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 1,443 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 1,435 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 1,270 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 1,455 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 1,380 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 1,427 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 1,620 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 1,735 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 1,662 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 1,770 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 1,765 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,783 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,789 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,656 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 1,625 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,893 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2003 | 1,653 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 1,815 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 1,704 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 1,621 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 1,454 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 1,703 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 1,630 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 1,771 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 1,836 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 1,814 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,760 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1,787 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,811 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,803 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,853 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 1,898 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,946 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 1,983 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,948 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 1,980 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,990 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,001 kg/ha | +0.6% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2,001 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- China's 2,001 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,640 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 820.68 kg/ha | 626 kg/ha | 984.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,042 kg/ha | 855.2 kg/ha | 1,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,287 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 1,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,639 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 1,789 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,675 kg/ha | 1,454 kg/ha | 1,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,828 kg/ha | 1,760 kg/ha | 1,946 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,980 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 2,001 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,080 kg/ha compare
- 40 French Polynesia 2,029 kg/ha compare
- 41 China, mainland 2,001 kg/ha compare
- 43 Georgia 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 43 Honduras 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 45 El Salvador 1,936 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 soya beans — yield in China?
- Soya beans — yield in China was 2,001 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2,001 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 626 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for soya beans — yield?
- China ranks 42nd out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.