Sugar beet — Yield in China
China: Sugar beet — Yield was 57,045 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — yield in China is 57,045 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.3% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in China peaked at 61,540 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,858 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 24th of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,858 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,070 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 6,659 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 1964 | 10,474 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 1965 | 11,609 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 13,541 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1967 | 14,082 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 12,675 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 12,878 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 10,583 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1971 | 9,690 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 8,731 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 9,388 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 8,581 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 8,181 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 8,224 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 6,981 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 8,166 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1979 | 9,557 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 14,255 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 1981 | 14,601 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 14,544 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 16,901 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1984 | 16,518 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 15,926 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 15,979 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 16,372 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 17,195 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 16,242 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 21,669 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1991 | 20,791 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 22,832 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 20,124 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1994 | 17,935 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1995 | 20,132 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 24,150 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 24,475 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 24,806 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 25,335 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 24,518 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 26,807 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 30,232 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 24,925 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2004 | 30,828 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2005 | 37,524 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2006 | 39,766 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 41,360 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 40,754 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 38,537 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 42,499 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 47,362 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 49,794 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 50,923 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 57,648 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 53,000 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 55,487 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 53,842 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 52,175 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 56,066 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 56,316 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 55,641 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 54,855 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 61,540 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2024 | 57,045 kg/ha | -7.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 57,045 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26,074 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,983 kg/ha | 3,858 kg/ha | 14,082 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,808 kg/ha | 6,981 kg/ha | 10,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,853 kg/ha | 14,255 kg/ha | 17,195 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,225 kg/ha | 17,935 kg/ha | 25,335 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,525 kg/ha | 24,518 kg/ha | 41,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,880 kg/ha | 42,499 kg/ha | 57,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,079 kg/ha | 54,855 kg/ha | 61,540 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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 sugar beet — yield in China?
- Sugar beet — yield in China was 57,045 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 61,540 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,858 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for sugar beet — yield?
- China ranks 24th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.