Agriculture & Rural in China

4,348 indicators covering agriculture & rural for China.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 69.08 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 3.9% 12th
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 192.39 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 17.3% 5th
Fish and seafood production 64.16 million tonnes 2023 up 15.2% 1st
Fertilizer consumption 42.72 million tonnes 2023 down 19.9% 1st
Fertilizer use by nutrient 24.55 million tonnes 2023 down 20.3% 1st
Cropland area 127.58 million hectares 2023 down 3.6% 4th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, per square kilometre 0.2448 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.9% 9th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.1155 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 33.2% 14th
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 219,806 1000 No 2023 down 24.6% 2nd
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 28.9 % 2023 down 22.8% 70th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 77.5 % 2023 down 5.5% 37th
Sunflower seed — Area harvested 780,219 ha 2024 down 17.7% 8th
Sorghum — Gross Production Value 1.11 million 1000 USD 2024 up 6.4% 5th
Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Value 14.12 million 1000 USD 2024 down 7.9% 1st
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 2.59 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% 17th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0.1174 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% 18th
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 13.96 million 1000 Int$ 2024 up 109.2% 1st
Coconuts, in shell — Gross Production Value 63,594 1000 Int$ 2024 down 5.1% 14th
Sunflower seed — Production 2.35 million t 2024 down 5.8% 5th
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 144,751 t 2024 up 10.9% 1st
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 49,464 1000 No 2023 down 5.6% 2nd
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 22.5 % 2023 up 25.1% 116th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 6.5 % 2023 down 3.4% 120th
Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 39.65 million 1000 USD 2024 down 11.6% 1st
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 24.76 million 1000 USD 2024 up 19.0% 1st
Barley — Gross Production Value 400,597 1000 USD 2024 down 32.5% 17th
Plums and sloes — Gross Production Index Number 107.36 2024 up 10.4% 32nd
Plums and sloes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 105.66 2024 up 8.1% 32nd
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested 37,136 ha 2024 up 15.5% 19th
Coconuts, in shell — Yield 10,493 kg/ha 2024 down 17.9% 13th
Coconuts, in shell — Production 389,652 t 2024 down 5.1% 14th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production 180,716 t 2024 down 7.3% 1st
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 948,414 An 2024 down 38.5% 2nd
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 948,414 An 2024 down 38.5% 2nd
Share of employment in agriculture 21.7% 2025 down 23.4% 81st
Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 21.7% 2025 down 23.4% 81st
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production 322,900 t 2023 down 41.6% 11th
Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 18.7% 2025 down 22.6% 77th
Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services 21.7% 2025 down 23.4% 81st
Strawberries — Gross Production Value 6.73 million 1000 Int$ 2024 up 65.2% 1st
Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 604,135 1000 Int$ 2024 down 7.4% 1st
Lettuce and chicory — Gross Production Value 5.82 million 1000 USD 2024 up 5.9% 1st
Millet — Gross Production Index Number 146.39 2024 up 18.7% 12th
Millet — Gross per capita Production Index Number 143.92 2024 up 16.2% 8th
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross Production Index Number 109.16 2024 up 0.9% 23rd
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross per capita Production Index Number 107.39 2024 down 1.3% 21st
Peas, green — Gross Production Index Number 107.41 2024 up 12.2% 30th
Peas, green — Gross per capita Production Index Number 105.7 2024 up 9.7% 27th
Pineapples — Gross Production Index Number 137.22 2024 up 43.8% 22nd
Pineapples — Gross per capita Production Index Number 135.06 2024 up 40.7% 19th
Strawberries — Production 4.12 million t 2024 up 65.2% 1st
Mules and hinnies — Stocks 410,000 An 2024 down 70.3% 4th
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 23,415 ha 2024 down 3.4% 9th
Raw milk of sheep — Production 1.26 million t 2024 up 2.7% 1st
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 191 kg/An 2024 up 51.6% 40th
Peaches and nectarines — Gross Production Value 10.75 million 1000 Int$ 2024 up 41.5% 1st
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Gross 2.95 million 1000 USD 2024 down 20.7% 1st
Pears — Gross Production Index Number 124.48 2024 up 16.5% 19th
Pears — Gross per capita Production Index Number 122.46 2024 up 14.0% 18th
Strawberries — Area harvested 153,651 ha 2024 up 61.2% 1st