Agriculture in China: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in China with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products231products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°1at least one product ranks first
Products ranked world #197products currently ranked first
Top-10 products193products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for China cover 231 products. 97 products currently place China at world rank #1, including Cereals, primary, Vegetables Primary, Fruit Primary, Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.. In total, 193 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for China?
231 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For China it is #1, and 97 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of China agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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231 visible results
| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals, primary | Production | 651.36M t 2024 | #1 |
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 601.28M t 2024 | #1 |
| Maize (corn) | Production | 294.92M t 2024 | #2 |
| Fruit Primary | Production | 274.01M t 2024 | #1 |
| Rice | Production | 207.53M t 2024 | #2 |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 168.81M t 2024 | #1 |
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 153.17M t 2024 | #1 |
| Wheat | Production | 140.10M t 2024 | #1 |
| Sugar Crops Primary | Production | 114.51M t 2024 | #3 |
| Sugar cane | Production | 102.09M t 2024 | #3 |
| Potatoes | Production | 94.81M t 2024 | #1 |
| Cucumbers and gherkins | Production | 68.59M t 2024 | #1 |
| Watermelons | Production | 63.51M t 2024 | #1 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 61.61M t 2024 | #1 |
| Sweet potatoes | Production | 51.35M t 2024 | #1 |
| Apples | Production | 51.29M t 2024 | #1 |
| Citrus Fruit, Total | Production | 47.70M t 2024 | #1 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 41.66M t 2024 | #3 |
| Cabbages | Production | 36.20M t 2024 | #1 |
| Eggplants (aubergines) | Production | 34.87M t 2024 | #1 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 30.86M t 2024 | #1 |
| Spinach | Production | 28.32M t 2024 | #1 |
| Tangerines, mandarins, clementines | Production | 27.00M t 2024 | #1 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 24.22M t 2024 | #2 |
| Green garlic | Production | 21.65M t 2024 | #1 |
| Pears | Production | 20.99M t 2024 | #1 |
| Soya beans | Production | 20.65M t 2024 | #4 |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 19.82M t 2024 | #5 |
| Groundnuts, excluding shelled | Production | 19.61M t 2024 | #1 |
| Carrots and turnips | Production | 19.04M t 2024 | #1 |
| Seed cotton, unginned | Production | 18.70M t 2024 | #1 |
| Other beans, green | Production | 18.65M t 2024 | #1 |
| Peaches and nectarines | Production | 17.60M t 2024 | #1 |
| Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) | Production | 17.31M t 2024 | #1 |
| Rape or colza seed | Production | 16.87M t 2024 | #2 |
| Grapes | Production | 16.82M t 2024 | #1 |
| Tea leaves | Production | 16.26M t 2024 | #1 |
| Lettuce and chicory | Production | 14.69M t 2024 | #1 |
| Cantaloupes and other melons | Production | 13.22M t 2024 | #1 |
| Sugar beet | Production | 12.41M t 2024 | #9 |
| Peas, green | Production | 12.03M t 2024 | #1 |
| Bananas | Production | 11.76M t 2024 | #2 |
| Cauliflowers and broccoli | Production | 9.81M t 2024 | #1 |
| Asparagus | Production | 7.78M t 2024 | #1 |
| Pumpkins, squash and gourds | Production | 7.65M t 2024 | #2 |
| Oranges | Production | 7.62M t 2024 | #2 |
| Plums and sloes | Production | 6.90M t 2024 | #1 |
| Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent | Production | 6.78M t 2024 | #1 |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | Production | 5.51M t 2024 | #1 |
| Pomelos and grapefruits | Production | 5.25M t 2024 | #1 |
| Cassava, fresh | Production | 5.07M t 2024 | #17 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 4.91M t 2024 | #4 |
| Strawberries | Production | 4.12M t 2024 | #1 |
| Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens | Production | 4.08M t 2024 | #3 |
| Persimmons | Production | 3.93M t 2024 | #1 |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 3.83M t 2024 | #1 |
| Treenuts, Total | Production | 3.33M t 2024 | #1 |
| Sorghum | Production | 3.07M t 2024 | #8 |
| Millet | Production | 2.78M t 2024 | #3 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 2.64M t 2024 | #3 |
| Sunflower seed | Production | 2.35M t 2024 | #4 |
| Lemons and limes | Production | 2.32M t 2024 | #3 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | Production | 2.26M t 2024 | #1 |
| Kiwi fruit | Production | 2.15M t 2024 | #1 |
| Pineapples | Production | 2.15M t 2024 | #5 |
| Taro | Production | 1.89M t 2024 | #3 |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | Production | 1.75M t 2024 | #1 |
| Chestnuts, in shell | Production | 1.53M t 2024 | #1 |
| Walnuts, in shell | Production | 1.50M t 2024 | #1 |
| Peas, dry | Production | 1.49M t 2024 | #3 |
| Beans, dry | Production | 1.32M t 2024 | #6 |
| Barley | Production | 986.0k t 2024 | #29 |
| Onions and shallots, green | Production | 908.0k t 2024 | #1 |
| Natural rubber in primary forms | Production | 877.6k t 2024 | #5 |
| Oil palm fruit | Production | 667.2k t 2024 | #20 |
| Papayas | Production | 587.8k t 2024 | #7 |
| Ginger, raw | Production | 585.4k t 2024 | #3 |
| Oats | Production | 534.7k t 2024 | #13 |
| Rye | Production | 514.1k t 2024 | #6 |
| Buckwheat | Production | 504.4k t 2024 | #2 |
| Sesame seed | Production | 380.0k t 2024 | #8 |
| Coconuts, in shell | Production | 373.5k t 2024 | #16 |
| Triticale | Production | 369.4k t 2024 | #6 |
| Tung nuts | Production | 365.4k t 2024 | #1 |
| Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw | Production | 326.2k t 2024 | #2 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | Production | 315.6k t 2024 | #2 |
| Linseed | Production | 280.0k t 2024 | #3 |
| Green corn (maize) | Production | 194.2k t 2024 | #14 |
| Lentils, dry | Production | 167.6k t 2024 | #9 |
| Dates | Production | 162.3k t 2024 | #12 |
| Other stone fruits | Production | 159.9k t 2024 | #1 |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | Production | 149.4k t 2024 | #6 |
| Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. | Production | 144.8k t 2024 | #1 |
| Avocados | Production | 133.9k t 2024 | #16 |
| Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables | Production | 122.4k t 2024 | #7 |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | Production | 120.7k t 2024 | #2 |
| Quinces | Production | 116.5k t 2024 | #2 |
| Coffee, green | Production | 114.0k t 2024 | #15 |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | Production | 107.2k t 2024 | #8 |
| True hemp, raw or retted | Production | 106.3k t 2024 | #2 |
| Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, raw | Production | 94.2k t 2024 | #1 |
| Artichokes | Production | 83.7k t 2024 | #6 |
| Pistachios, in shell | Production | 79.0k t 2024 | #5 |
| Apricots | Production | 60.4k t 2024 | #16 |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | Production | 58.9k t 2024 | #7 |
| Ramie, raw or retted | Production | 55.4k t 2024 | #1 |
| Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh | Production | 54.3k t 2024 | #18 |
| Anise, badian, coriander, cumin, caraway, fennel and juniper berries, raw | Production | 52.4k t 2024 | #6 |
| Almonds, in shell | Production | 48.0k t 2024 | #13 |
| Cereals n.e.c. | Production | 43.9k t 2024 | #10 |
| Cherries | Production | 36.2k t 2024 | #15 |
| Pepper (Piper spp.), raw | Production | 34.6k t 2024 | #9 |
| Safflower seed | Production | 34.1k t 2024 | #6 |
| Flax, raw or retted | Production | 29.0k t 2024 | #4 |
| Melonseed | Production | 27.9k t 2024 | #7 |
| Hazelnuts, in shell | Production | 25.4k t 2024 | #7 |
| Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted | Production | 22.2k t 2024 | #3 |
| Castor oil seeds | Production | 20.0k t 2024 | #4 |
| Mustard seed | Production | 19.4k t 2024 | #8 |
| Chick peas, dry | Production | 15.6k t 2024 | #19 |
| Sisal, raw | Production | 14.3k t 2024 | #5 |
| Figs | Production | 14.2k t 2024 | #16 |
| Jute, raw or retted | Production | 9.6k t 2024 | #6 |
| Hop cones | Production | 8.0k t 2024 | #4 |
| Cloves (whole stems), raw | Production | 1.3k t 2024 | #7 |
| Vanilla, raw | Production | 435 t 2024 | #5 |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | Production | 224 t 2024 | #33 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 57.06M t 2024 | #1 |
| Milk, Total | Production | 45.44M t 2024 | #4 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 40.79M t 2024 | #3 |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 35.88M t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 26.60M t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 15.35M t 2024 | #2 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 7.79M t 2024 | #3 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 7.01M t 2024 | #3 |
| Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled | Production | 5.96M t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat of geese, fresh or chilled | Production | 5.29M t 2024 | #1 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 5.18M t 2024 | #1 |
| Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c. | Production | 5.02M t 2024 | #1 |
| Fat of pigs | Production | 3.35M t 2024 | #2 |
| Raw milk of buffalo | Production | 3.17M t 2024 | #3 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.64M t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.54M t 2024 | #1 |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 2.51M t 2024 | #1 |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 1.56M t 2024 | #1 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 1.53M t 2024 | #1 |
| Raw milk of sheep | Production | 1.26M t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled | Production | 779.1k t 2024 | #3 |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 592.8k t 2024 | #1 |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 528.1k t 2024 | #1 |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | Production | 507.4k t 2024 | #1 |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 446.5k t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled | Production | 445.1k t 2024 | #1 |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 342.8k t 2024 | #2 |
| Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 242.4k t 2024 | #2 |
| Raw hides and skins of buffaloes | Production | 225.1k t 2024 | #2 |
| Raw milk of goats | Production | 206.3k t 2024 | #22 |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | Production | 180.7k t 2024 | #1 |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 113.2k t 2024 | #1 |
| Goat fat, unrendered | Production | 101.5k t 2024 | #1 |
| Buffalo fat, unrendered | Production | 55.4k t 2024 | #3 |
| Meat of asses, fresh or chilled | Production | 47.9k t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat of camels, fresh or chilled | Production | 45.0k t 2024 | #6 |
| Raw milk of camel | Production | 22.7k t 2024 | #12 |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 22.6k t 2024 | #1 |
| Meat of mules, fresh or chilled | Production | 9.2k t 2024 | #1 |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 6.3k t 2024 | #6 |
| Fat of camels | Production | 2.1k t 2024 | #5 |
| Tallowtree seeds | Production | 1.05M t 2024 | — |
| Cow peas, dry | Production | 14.4k t 2024 | #21 |
| Swine / pigs | Stocks | 427.43M head 2024 | #1 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 300.49M head 2024 | #2 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 182.94M head 2024 | #1 |
| Goats | Stocks | 117.55M head 2024 | #2 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 100.47M head 2024 | #4 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 97.86M t 2024 | #1 |
| Cattle | Stocks | 70.33M head 2024 | #5 |
| Mushrooms and truffles | Production | 48.61M t 2024 | #1 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 36.41M t 2023 | #1 |
| Buffalo | Stocks | 30.14M head 2024 | #3 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 17.36M t 2023 | #1 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | Production | 9.96M t 2023 | #4 |
| Cotton seed | Production | 9.40M t 2023 | #2 |
| Bees | Stocks | 9.36M units 2024 | #2 |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 6.41B head 2024 | #1 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | Production | 5.62M t 2023 | #1 |
| Chickens | Stocks | 5.24B head 2024 | #1 |
| Molasses | Production | 5.23M t 2023 | #3 |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | Production | 4.33M t 2023 | #2 |
| Horses | Stocks | 3.52M head 2024 | #6 |
| Skim milk of cows | Production | 2.60M t 2023 | #18 |
| Pig fat, rendered | Production | 2.58M t 2023 | #1 |
| Groundnut oil | Production | 1.85M t 2023 | #2 |
| Wine | Production | 1.76M t 2023 | #5 |
| Cottonseed oil | Production | 1.31M t 2023 | #1 |
| Asses | Stocks | 1.30M head 2024 | #11 |
| Ducks | Stocks | 830.22M head 2024 | #1 |
| Camels | Stocks | 634.0k head 2024 | #11 |
| Oil of maize | Production | 540.0k t 2023 | #2 |
| Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled | Production | 503.1k t 2024 | #1 |
| Natural honey | Production | 444.8k t 2024 | #1 |
| Mules and hinnies | Stocks | 410.0k head 2024 | #3 |
| Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool | Production | 364.5k t 2024 | #1 |
| Geese | Stocks | 332.17M head 2024 | #1 |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | Production | 322.9k t 2023 | #12 |
| Oil of linseed | Production | 319.3k t 2023 | #1 |
| Oil of sesame seed | Production | 275.8k t 2023 | #1 |
| Cheese (All Kinds) | Production | 232.5k t 2023 | #24 |
| Evaporated & Condensed Milk | Production | 148.1k t 2023 | #14 |
| Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling | Production | 147.0k t 2024 | #2 |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | Production | 136.1k t 2023 | #7 |
| Tallow | Production | 134.2k t 2023 | #12 |
| Butter and Ghee | Production | 119.3k t 2023 | #17 |
| Rabbits and hares | Stocks | 114.91M head 2024 | #1 |
| Palm oil | Production | 112.9k t 2023 | #21 |
| Whole milk, evaporated | Production | 112.1k t 2023 | #9 |
| Butter of cow milk | Production | 109.5k t 2023 | #16 |
| Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed | Production | 74.8k t 2023 | #2 |
| Raw silk (not thrown) | Production | 50.0k t 2023 | #1 |
| Palm kernels | Production | 33.1k t 2023 | #21 |
| Whole milk, condensed | Production | 18.4k t 2023 | #18 |
| Whey, condensed | Production | 17.6k t 2023 | #12 |
| Oil of palm kernel | Production | 16.9k t 2023 | #17 |
| Cheese from milk of buffalo, fresh or processed | Production | 13.1k t 2023 | #7 |
| Butter of buffalo milk | Production | 9.8k t 2023 | #5 |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | Production | 6.5k t 2023 | #13 |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | Production | 1.9k t 2023 | #86 |
| Green tea (not fermented), black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg | Production | 3.54M t 2023 | #1 |
| Buttermilk, dry | Production | 23.7k t 2023 | #8 |
| Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry | Production | 23.7k t 2023 | #28 |
| Hempseed | Production | 25.0k t 1990 | — |