Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 2,198 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in China (People’s Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in China (People’s Republic of) is 2,198 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 2,544 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,246 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China (People’s Republic of) 40th out of 128 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in China (People’s Republic of), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,246 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,255 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 1,280 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 1,393 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 1,511 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 1,694 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 1,698 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 2,108 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1969 | 1,937 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 2,045 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 2,001 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 1,992 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 2,142 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 2,092 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 1,705 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1976 | 1,471 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1977 | 1,425 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 1,597 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 1,520 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 1,767 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 1,985 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1982 | 1,945 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 1,808 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 2,004 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 1,853 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 1,528 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1987 | 1,730 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1988 | 1,762 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1,578 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 1,653 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 1,684 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 1,674 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,654 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 1,508 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 1,577 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 1,748 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 1,808 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 1,739 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 1,799 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,779 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,756 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1,844 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1,786 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 1,902 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1,969 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 2,051 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 2,058 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 2,141 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 2,204 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 2,234 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 2,160 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 2,134 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,079 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 2,048 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,237 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 2,232 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,212 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,234 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,544 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2020 | 2,105 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2021 | 2,100 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,097 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,119 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 2,198 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,569 kg/ha | 1,246 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,799 kg/ha | 1,425 kg/ha | 2,142 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,796 kg/ha | 1,528 kg/ha | 2,004 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,684 kg/ha | 1,508 kg/ha | 1,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,949 kg/ha | 1,756 kg/ha | 2,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,211 kg/ha | 2,048 kg/ha | 2,544 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,124 kg/ha | 2,097 kg/ha | 2,198 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China (People’s Republic of)
- 37 Portugal 2,250 kg/ha compare
- 38 China, Taiwan Province of 2,214 kg/ha compare
- 39 Croatia 2,199 kg/ha compare
- 40 China, mainland 2,198 kg/ha compare
- 42 Costa Rica 2,159 kg/ha compare
- 43 Jamaica 2,124 kg/ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in China (People’s Republic of) was 2,198 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,544 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,246 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 40th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.