Tomatoes — Yield in China
China: Tomatoes — Yield was 56,364 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — yield in China stood at 56,364 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in China peaked at 57,717 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 15,944 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places China 51st out of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,946 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,944 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 16,898 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 17,168 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 18,080 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 19,126 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 19,379 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 20,905 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 23,126 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 24,070 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 24,268 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 22,951 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 23,161 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 24,096 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 24,255 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 24,243 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 24,184 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 23,690 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 22,394 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 22,741 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 22,859 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 22,883 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 24,030 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 23,861 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 22,654 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 22,454 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 22,123 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 22,322 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 23,219 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 25,003 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 26,838 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 27,937 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 27,160 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 27,085 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 27,769 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 27,051 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 26,441 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 24,122 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 23,893 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 33,105 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 2001 | 32,836 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 34,581 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 32,958 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 34,059 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 34,947 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 37,612 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 39,933 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 46,935 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2009 | 49,267 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 49,253 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 51,392 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 50,491 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 51,429 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 52,434 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 53,992 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 54,864 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 55,736 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 56,730 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 57,717 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 55,181 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 56,538 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 56,479 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 56,072 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 56,364 kg/ha | +0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 56,364 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27,291 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- China's 56,364 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 19,540 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +38.6% | 23,893 kg/ha | 33,105 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,508 kg/ha | 15,944 kg/ha | 23,126 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,731 kg/ha | 22,394 kg/ha | 24,268 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,914 kg/ha | 22,123 kg/ha | 24,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,330 kg/ha | 23,893 kg/ha | 27,937 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,624 kg/ha | 32,836 kg/ha | 49,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,404 kg/ha | 49,253 kg/ha | 57,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,127 kg/ha | 55,181 kg/ha | 56,538 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 48 Puerto Rico 58,891 kg/ha compare
- 49 Italy 58,588 kg/ha compare
- 50 China, mainland 56,478 kg/ha compare
- 52 Bahamas 54,144 kg/ha compare
- 53 Colombia 54,074 kg/ha compare
- 54 Costa Rica 54,054 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 tomatoes — yield in China?
- Tomatoes — yield in China was 56,364 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 57,717 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,944 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for tomatoes — yield?
- China ranks 51st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.