Taro — Yield in China
China: Taro — Yield was 19,209 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — yield in China stood at 19,209 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in China peaked at 19,797 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10,456 kg/ha, in 1964.
China ranks 8th of 52 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,014 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,939 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 11,184 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 10,456 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 11,174 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 11,163 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 11,453 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 11,938 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 11,834 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 11,824 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 12,106 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 11,759 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 12,010 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 11,632 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 11,450 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 11,068 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 13,097 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1978 | 12,865 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 12,775 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 12,528 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 12,601 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 12,608 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 12,809 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 13,243 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 12,003 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 13,648 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1987 | 13,778 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 13,032 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 13,340 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 17,107 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1991 | 17,360 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 17,466 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 17,476 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 17,442 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 17,537 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 17,424 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 17,271 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 17,327 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 17,432 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 17,799 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 17,785 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 18,179 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 17,732 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 17,562 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 17,546 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 17,405 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 18,332 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 18,119 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 18,259 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 18,436 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 18,370 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 19,098 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 19,266 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 19,285 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 19,227 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 19,286 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 19,403 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 19,586 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 19,724 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 19,797 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 19,314 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 19,421 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 19,339 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 19,209 kg/ha | -0.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 19,209 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,542 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- China's 19,209 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,794 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +28.2% | 13,340 kg/ha | 17,107 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,239 kg/ha | 10,456 kg/ha | 11,938 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,059 kg/ha | 11,068 kg/ha | 13,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,959 kg/ha | 12,003 kg/ha | 13,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,384 kg/ha | 17,107 kg/ha | 17,537 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,872 kg/ha | 17,405 kg/ha | 18,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,168 kg/ha | 18,370 kg/ha | 19,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,416 kg/ha | 19,209 kg/ha | 19,797 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 5 Cyprus 22,094 kg/ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 9,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 19,282 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 5,817 kg/ha compare
- 9 Solomon Islands 16,925 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 5,340 kg/ha compare
- 10 China, Taiwan Province of 16,058 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,691 kg/ha compare
- 11 Lebanon 14,667 kg/ha compare
- 11 Caribbean 10,587 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 taro — yield in China?
- Taro — yield in China was 19,209 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 19,797 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,456 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does China rank for taro — yield?
- China ranks 8th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Taro — 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.