Yields of important staple crops in China
China: Yields of important staple crops was 5.94 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
5.94
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
16th
of 125 countries
All-time high
5.94
in 2024
All-time low
0.5578
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Yields of important staple crops in China, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
China recorded 5.94 for yields of important staple crops 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, yields of important staple crops in China peaked at 5.94 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5578, 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 | 0.5578 | 1.13 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.55 | 1.15 | 2.14 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.72 | 1.89 | 3.04 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.56 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.25 | 3.74 | 4.76 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.22 | 4.75 | 5.63 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.83 | 5.74 | 5.94 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 6.42 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of important staple crops in China?
- Yields of important staple crops in China was 5.94 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of important staple crops recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 5.94 in 2024.
- What is the lowest yields of important staple crops recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5578 in 1961.
- How does China rank for yields of important staple crops?
- China ranks 16th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of important staple crops 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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