Wheat yields in China
China: Wheat yields was 5.94 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat yields in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
China recorded 5.94 tonnes per hectare for wheat yields in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat yields in China peaked at 5.94 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5578 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
That places China 16th out of 125 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9174 tonnes per hectare | 0.5578 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.72 tonnes per hectare | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 3.04 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.56 tonnes per hectare | 3.1 tonnes per hectare | 4.1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.25 tonnes per hectare | 3.74 tonnes per hectare | 4.76 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.22 tonnes per hectare | 4.75 tonnes per hectare | 5.63 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.83 tonnes per hectare | 5.74 tonnes per hectare | 5.94 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 99.99 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat yields in China?
- Wheat yields in China was 5.94 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest wheat yields recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 5.94 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat yields recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5578 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does China rank for wheat yields?
- China ranks 16th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat yields rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Wheat yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.