Yields of key staple crops in Taiwan
Taiwan: Yields of key staple crops was 2.5 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.5 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 25.0%
World rank
82nd
of 126 countries
All-time high
4.63 tonnes per hectare
in 1999
All-time low
1.13 tonnes per hectare
in 1963
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Yields of key staple crops in Taiwan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Taiwan recorded 2.5 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
The figure is up 25.0% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Taiwan peaked at 4.63 tonnes per hectare in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.13 tonnes per hectare, in 1963.
Taiwan ranks 82nd of 126 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.
Yields of key staple crops in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | -45.1% |
| 1964 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | +82.6% |
| 1965 | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 1.97 tonnes per hectare | -7.0% |
| 1967 | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | -14.3% |
| 1971 | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | +23.8% |
| 1972 | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 2.39 tonnes per hectare | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 2.4 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | +24.0% |
| 1980 | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | -44.8% |
| 1984 | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | +83.0% |
| 1985 | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | -13.0% |
| 1986 | 3.26 tonnes per hectare | +61.4% |
| 1987 | 3.65 tonnes per hectare | +12.1% |
| 1988 | 3.44 tonnes per hectare | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 3.54 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 2.7 tonnes per hectare | -23.6% |
| 1991 | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 3.49 tonnes per hectare | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 3.37 tonnes per hectare | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 3.39 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 4.25 tonnes per hectare | +25.5% |
| 1998 | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | -42.5% |
| 1999 | 4.63 tonnes per hectare | +89.5% |
| 2000 | 3.53 tonnes per hectare | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 3.44 tonnes per hectare | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 3.64 tonnes per hectare | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.22 tonnes per hectare | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 3.16 tonnes per hectare | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 4.04 tonnes per hectare | +27.9% |
| 2007 | 4.23 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 4.42 tonnes per hectare | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 4.49 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 2.73 tonnes per hectare | -39.4% |
| 2011 | 2.16 tonnes per hectare | -20.6% |
| 2012 | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | +54.6% |
| 2013 | 1.99 tonnes per hectare | -40.5% |
| 2014 | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | +55.0% |
| 2015 | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | -23.7% |
| 2016 | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | -34.1% |
| 2017 | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | +44.9% |
| 2018 | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | -21.6% |
| 2020 | 2 tonnes per hectare | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | -25.0% |
| 2022 | 3 tonnes per hectare | +100.0% |
| 2023 | 2 tonnes per hectare | -33.3% |
| 2024 | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | +25.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yields of key staple crops in Taiwan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +100.0% | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 3 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.69 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 3.65 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.36 tonnes per hectare | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 4.63 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.77 tonnes per hectare | 3.16 tonnes per hectare | 4.49 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 3 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More agriculture & rural data for Taiwan
- Milk per animal 4,807 kilograms per animal (2024)
- Meat supply per person 91.5 kilograms per year per capita (2023)
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? 6.45 million tonnes (2023)
- Share of cereals allocated to human food vs. GDP per capita 38.2% (2023)
- Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses 1.3% (2023)
- Projections for global peak agricultural land 779,000 hectares (2023)
- Share of cereals allocated to human food 38.2% (2023)
- Share of cereals allocated to animal feed 60.5% (2023)
- Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita 159.63 kilograms per hectare (2023)
- Daily meat consumption per person 250.69 grams per day per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Taiwan?
- Yields of key staple crops in Taiwan was 2.5 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.63 tonnes per hectare in 1999.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.13 tonnes per hectare in 1963.
- How does Taiwan rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Taiwan ranks 82nd out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taiwan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.