Vegetables Primary — Yield in China
China: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 25,397 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 25,397 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in China peaked at 25,397 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,035 kg/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 54th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,035 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,493 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 10,745 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 10,756 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 11,197 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 11,438 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 11,658 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 12,574 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 13,124 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 14,285 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 14,388 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 13,689 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 13,901 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 14,299 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 14,292 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 14,218 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 14,246 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 14,086 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 14,374 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 14,289 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 15,075 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 14,749 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 15,788 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 17,361 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 15,762 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 16,945 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 16,714 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 16,733 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 16,552 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 17,233 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 16,881 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 18,144 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 17,916 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 18,014 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 18,212 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 18,266 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 17,526 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 17,001 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 16,551 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 19,126 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 19,141 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 19,746 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 19,912 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 19,521 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 19,716 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 20,274 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 21,158 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 22,355 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 22,430 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 22,501 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 22,843 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 23,080 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 23,584 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 23,728 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 24,011 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 24,481 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 24,583 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 24,781 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 24,984 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 24,712 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 25,393 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 25,240 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 25,375 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 25,397 kg/ha | +0.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 25,397 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- China's 25,397 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,603 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,336 kg/ha | 10,035 kg/ha | 13,124 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,178 kg/ha | 13,689 kg/ha | 14,388 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,997 kg/ha | 14,289 kg/ha | 17,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,574 kg/ha | 16,551 kg/ha | 18,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,338 kg/ha | 19,126 kg/ha | 22,430 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,858 kg/ha | 22,501 kg/ha | 24,984 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,224 kg/ha | 24,712 kg/ha | 25,397 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 vegetables primary — yield in China?
- Vegetables primary — yield in China was 25,397 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 25,397 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,035 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- China ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.