Wheat — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Wheat — Production was 141.66 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Eastern Asia stood at 141.66 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 141.66 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.43 million t, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 5th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16.43 million t | — |
| 1962 | 18.88 million t | +14.9% |
| 1963 | 19.73 million t | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 22.73 million t | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 27.09 million t | +19.2% |
| 1966 | 26.85 million t | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 30.08 million t | +12.0% |
| 1968 | 28.97 million t | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 28.48 million t | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 30.22 million t | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 33.62 million t | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 36.68 million t | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 35.97 million t | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 41.52 million t | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 46.12 million t | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 51.08 million t | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 41.79 million t | -18.2% |
| 1978 | 54.63 million t | +30.7% |
| 1979 | 63.67 million t | +16.5% |
| 1980 | 56.22 million t | -11.7% |
| 1981 | 60.70 million t | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 69.84 million t | +15.1% |
| 1983 | 82.97 million t | +18.8% |
| 1984 | 89.17 million t | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 87.51 million t | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 91.73 million t | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 87.45 million t | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 87.26 million t | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 92.61 million t | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 99.90 million t | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 97.39 million t | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 102.93 million t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 107.61 million t | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 100.31 million t | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 103.05 million t | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 111.37 million t | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 124.21 million t | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 110.66 million t | -10.9% |
| 1999 | 114.73 million t | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 100.52 million t | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 94.84 million t | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 91.39 million t | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 87.68 million t | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 93.14 million t | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 98.59 million t | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 109.64 million t | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 110.52 million t | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 113.74 million t | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 116.36 million t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 116.30 million t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 118.77 million t | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 122.46 million t | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 123.20 million t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 127.63 million t | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 133.94 million t | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 134.61 million t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 135.47 million t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 132.72 million t | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 135.15 million t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 135.72 million t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 138.73 million t | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 139.25 million t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 138.27 million t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 141.66 million t | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.36 million t | 16.43 million t | 30.08 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 43.53 million t | 30.22 million t | 63.67 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 80.54 million t | 56.22 million t | 92.61 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 107.21 million t | 97.39 million t | 124.21 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 101.64 million t | 87.68 million t | 116.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 128.03 million t | 116.30 million t | 135.47 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 138.72 million t | 135.72 million t | 141.66 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 2 China, mainland 140.10 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 20.80 million t compare
- 3 India 113.29 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.75 million t compare
- 4 Russian Federation 82.59 million t compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 2.43 million t compare
- 5 USSR 71.99 million t compare
- 6 Canada 35.94 million t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1.19 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 292,710 t compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 34.57 million t compare
- 8 Australia 34.11 million t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 119,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6734 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.2029 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.8644 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -0.0235 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Eastern Asia?
- Wheat — production in Eastern Asia was 141.66 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 141.66 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.43 million t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for wheat — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.