Walnuts, in shell — Yield in China
China: Walnuts, in shell — Yield was 4,036 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Walnuts, in shell — Yield in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for walnuts, in shell — yield in China is 4,036 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, walnuts, in shell — yield in China peaked at 4,036 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,442 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places China 13th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Walnuts, in shell — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,217 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,235 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 2,262 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 2,300 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 2,223 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 2,199 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 2,063 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 2,308 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 1,500 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1994 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,538 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 1,587 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 1,562 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 1,642 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 1,662 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 1,844 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 1,442 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2002 | 1,951 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2003 | 2,186 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 2,361 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 2,683 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 2,529 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 3,013 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 3,211 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 3,189 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 3,256 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,310 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3,475 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 3,610 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 3,719 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 3,647 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 3,666 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,697 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3,732 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 3,797 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 3,916 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 3,936 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 3,986 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 4,036 kg/ha | +1.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 4,036 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,078 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Walnuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -35.0% | 2,308 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +35.3% | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,951 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,247 kg/ha | 2,217 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,756 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,422 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | 3,211 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,530 kg/ha | 3,189 kg/ha | 3,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,934 kg/ha | 3,797 kg/ha | 4,036 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 10 Nepal 4,735 kg/ha compare
- 11 Kyrgyzstan 4,707 kg/ha compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 4,310 kg/ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 4,036 kg/ha compare
- 15 Chile 3,978 kg/ha compare
- 16 Peru 3,828 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 walnuts, in shell — yield in China?
- Walnuts, in shell — yield in China was 4,036 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest walnuts, in shell — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 4,036 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest walnuts, in shell — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,442 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does China rank for walnuts, in shell — yield?
- China ranks 13th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is walnuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. 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 Walnuts, in shell — 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.