Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in China, mainland

China, mainland: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 77,369 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
77,369 kg/ha
Change on year
down 3.8%
World rank
27th
of 152 countries
All-time high
80,430 kg/ha
in 2023
All-time low
12,822 kg/ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

China, mainland recorded 77,369 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.

The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in China, mainland peaked at 80,430 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12,822 kg/ha, in 1961.

China, mainland ranks 27th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in China, mainland, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in China, mainland, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 12,822 kg/ha —
1962 15,938 kg/ha +24.3%
1963 31,759 kg/ha +99.3%
1964 31,277 kg/ha -1.5%
1965 29,492 kg/ha -5.7%
1966 26,023 kg/ha -11.8%
1967 28,937 kg/ha +11.2%
1968 25,465 kg/ha -12.0%
1969 25,099 kg/ha -1.4%
1970 26,553 kg/ha +5.8%
1971 23,654 kg/ha -10.9%
1972 25,230 kg/ha +6.7%
1973 24,865 kg/ha -1.4%
1974 24,652 kg/ha -0.9%
1975 23,176 kg/ha -6.0%
1976 21,794 kg/ha -6.0%
1977 23,537 kg/ha +8.0%
1978 27,086 kg/ha +15.1%
1979 29,414 kg/ha +8.6%
1980 31,599 kg/ha +7.4%
1981 36,525 kg/ha +15.6%
1982 39,126 kg/ha +7.1%
1983 33,695 kg/ha -13.9%
1984 38,880 kg/ha +15.4%
1985 39,651 kg/ha +2.0%
1986 39,848 kg/ha +0.5%
1987 40,956 kg/ha +2.8%
1988 37,073 kg/ha -9.5%
1989 37,968 kg/ha +2.4%
1990 42,966 kg/ha +13.2%
1991 43,235 kg/ha +0.6%
1992 46,217 kg/ha +6.9%
1993 45,207 kg/ha -2.2%
1994 41,856 kg/ha -7.4%
1995 43,630 kg/ha +4.2%
1996 45,293 kg/ha +3.8%
1997 48,810 kg/ha +7.8%
1998 49,339 kg/ha +1.1%
1999 50,700 kg/ha +2.8%
2000 50,426 kg/ha -0.5%
2001 52,321 kg/ha +3.8%
2002 56,630 kg/ha +8.2%
2003 58,172 kg/ha +2.7%
2004 61,035 kg/ha +4.9%
2005 60,420 kg/ha -1.0%
2006 66,753 kg/ha +10.5%
2007 67,648 kg/ha +1.3%
2008 67,438 kg/ha -0.3%
2009 65,171 kg/ha -3.4%
2010 63,036 kg/ha -3.3%
2011 64,260 kg/ha +1.9%
2012 66,416 kg/ha +3.4%
2013 68,788 kg/ha +3.6%
2014 70,350 kg/ha +2.3%
2015 71,344 kg/ha +1.4%
2016 71,825 kg/ha +0.7%
2017 73,618 kg/ha +2.5%
2018 73,598 kg/ha -0.0%
2019 75,583 kg/ha +2.7%
2020 76,686 kg/ha +1.5%
2021 78,587 kg/ha +2.5%
2022 77,350 kg/ha -1.6%
2023 80,430 kg/ha +4.0%
2024 77,369 kg/ha -3.8%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in China, mainland 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.

YearChange FromTo
1963 +99.3% 15,938 kg/ha 31,759 kg/ha

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 25,201 kg/ha 12,822 kg/ha 31,759 kg/ha 9
1970s 24,996 kg/ha 21,794 kg/ha 29,414 kg/ha 10
1980s 37,532 kg/ha 31,599 kg/ha 40,956 kg/ha 10
1990s 45,725 kg/ha 41,856 kg/ha 50,700 kg/ha 10
2000s 60,601 kg/ha 50,426 kg/ha 67,648 kg/ha 10
2010s 69,882 kg/ha 63,036 kg/ha 75,583 kg/ha 10
2020s 78,084 kg/ha 76,686 kg/ha 80,430 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near China, mainland

  1. 24 Canada 78,956 kg/ha compare
  2. 25 India 78,953 kg/ha compare
  3. 26 Honduras 78,808 kg/ha compare
  4. 27 Caribbean 38,743 kg/ha compare
  5. 28 China 77,317 kg/ha compare
  6. 29 Cabo Verde 7,078 kg/ha compare
  7. 29 Spain 77,090 kg/ha compare
  8. 30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76,344 kg/ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — yield in China, mainland?
Sugar crops primary — yield in China, mainland was 77,369 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in China, mainland?
The highest recorded value was 80,430 kg/ha in 2023.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in China, mainland?
The lowest recorded value was 12,822 kg/ha in 1961.
How does China, mainland rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
China, mainland ranks 27th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China, mainland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 10,598 data points, 1961–2024
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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.