Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield in China
China: Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield was 11,044 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 11,044 kg/ha for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in China peaked at 11,044 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,938 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 45th out of 75 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.
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,938 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,211 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 2,994 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 3,482 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1965 | 3,558 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 3,781 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 3,748 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 3,796 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 3,723 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 3,481 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 3,658 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 4,166 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1973 | 4,339 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 4,511 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 4,377 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 4,161 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 4,690 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1978 | 4,453 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 4,012 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 4,029 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 4,199 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 3,972 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 4,757 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1984 | 4,674 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 4,022 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1986 | 4,093 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 4,009 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 2,983 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1989 | 4,693 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 1990 | 4,787 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 5,619 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 4,972 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 5,886 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1994 | 6,045 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 6,742 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 6,529 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 8,254 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1998 | 7,114 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 9,071 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2000 | 7,464 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2001 | 9,468 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2002 | 8,986 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 9,376 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 9,651 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 9,450 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 10,318 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 5,741 kg/ha | -44.4% |
| 2008 | 6,849 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2009 | 7,088 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 8,050 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 9,334 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 9,649 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 9,791 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 10,489 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 10,392 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 10,296 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 10,371 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 10,448 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 10,545 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 10,628 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,821 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 10,831 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 10,937 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 11,044 kg/ha | +1.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 11,044 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,736 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- China's 11,044 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11,044 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +57.3% | 2,983 kg/ha | 4,693 kg/ha |
| 2007 | -44.4% | 10,318 kg/ha | 5,741 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,470 kg/ha | 2,938 kg/ha | 3,796 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,185 kg/ha | 3,481 kg/ha | 4,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,143 kg/ha | 2,983 kg/ha | 4,757 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,502 kg/ha | 4,787 kg/ha | 9,071 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,439 kg/ha | 5,741 kg/ha | 10,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,937 kg/ha | 8,050 kg/ha | 10,545 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,852 kg/ha | 10,628 kg/ha | 11,044 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 42 Portugal 12,455 kg/ha compare
- 43 Uzbekistan 11,487 kg/ha compare
- 44 Iraq 11,188 kg/ha compare
- 46 China, mainland 11,016 kg/ha compare
- 47 Libya 10,353 kg/ha compare
- 48 Cook Islands 10,000 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 tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in China?
- Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in China was 11,044 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 11,044 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,938 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield?
- China ranks 45th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — 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.