Spinach — Yield in China
China: Spinach — Yield was 38,461 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — yield in China stood at 38,461 kg/ha.
The figure is down 11.0% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in China peaked at 5.42 million kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 8,342 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 2nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,746 kg/ha | 8,342 kg/ha | 12,053 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,462 kg/ha | 14,588 kg/ha | 18,305 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 554,923 kg/ha | 14,131 kg/ha | 5.42 million kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,548 kg/ha | 13,343 kg/ha | 15,168 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,838 kg/ha | 15,007 kg/ha | 27,673 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,033 kg/ha | 27,674 kg/ha | 38,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,100 kg/ha | 38,461 kg/ha | 43,195 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 China, mainland 38,467 kg/ha compare
- 3 Jordan 36,304 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium 29,561 kg/ha compare
- 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 28,184 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in China?
- Spinach — yield in China was 38,461 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 5.42 million kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,342 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for spinach — yield?
- China ranks 2nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.