Wheat — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Wheat — Production was 140.10 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 140.10 million t for wheat — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in China, mainland peaked at 140.10 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.25 million t, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 2nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.66 million t | 14.25 million t | 28.48 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 42.72 million t | 29.18 million t | 62.73 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 79.05 million t | 55.21 million t | 90.81 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 106.11 million t | 95.95 million t | 123.29 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 100.50 million t | 86.49 million t | 115.11 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 126.69 million t | 115.18 million t | 134.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 137.12 million t | 134.25 million t | 140.10 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
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- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in China, mainland?
- Wheat — production in China, mainland was 140.10 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 140.10 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.25 million t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for wheat — production?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Production. 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.