Food production index in China

Food production in China stood at 115.2 (2014-16 = 100) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Food production index (2014 to 2016 = 100) Unit: Index, 2014 to 2016 = 100 Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
China, 2024 115.2 Index, 2014 to 2016 = 100
Change from 2023 +1.0% 2023: 114.1 (2014-16 = 100)
World, 2020 100.0 (2014-16 = 100) Official aggregate Not the same period as China (2024).
Median of G20 countries, 2024 112.7 (2014-16 = 100) Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 76th of 192 See the full ranking

Food production index in China over time

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Index, 2014 to 2016 = 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Food production index (2014 to 2016 = 100) (index, 2014 to 2016 = 100), 2000 to 2024
Period ChinaWorld
2024 115.2 (2014-16 = 100) –
2023 114.1 (2014-16 = 100) –
2022 111.6 (2014-16 = 100) –
2021 109.5 (2014-16 = 100) –
2020 104.8 (2014-16 = 100) 100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
2019 103.6 (2014-16 = 100) 100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
2018 103.4 (2014-16 = 100) 100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
2017 102.4 (2014-16 = 100) 100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
2016 101.1 (2014-16 = 100) 100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
2015 101.3 (2014-16 = 100) 100.0 (2014-16 = 100)
2014 97.6 (2014-16 = 100) 99.3 (2014-16 = 100)
2013 95.8 (2014-16 = 100) 99.3 (2014-16 = 100)
2012 93.8 (2014-16 = 100) 99.3 (2014-16 = 100)
2011 91.0 (2014-16 = 100) 104.6 (2014-16 = 100)
2010 87.8 (2014-16 = 100) 99.5 (2014-16 = 100)
2009 85.1 (2014-16 = 100) 102.8 (2014-16 = 100)
2008 82.7 (2014-16 = 100) 101.1 (2014-16 = 100)
2007 78.0 (2014-16 = 100) 100.5 (2014-16 = 100)
2006 76.2 (2014-16 = 100) 101.2 (2014-16 = 100)
2005 74.6 (2014-16 = 100) 100.3 (2014-16 = 100)
2004 71.7 (2014-16 = 100) 97.5 (2014-16 = 100)
2003 68.1 (2014-16 = 100) 98.6 (2014-16 = 100)
2002 67.1 (2014-16 = 100) 91.7 (2014-16 = 100)
2001 64.5 (2014-16 = 100) 89.9 (2014-16 = 100)
2000 63.4 (2014-16 = 100) 83.2 (2014-16 = 100)

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0% from 114.1 (2014-16 = 100) in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.6 (2014-16 = 100), the figure has changed by +18.0%.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, China has the 76th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.PRD.FOOD.XD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for China
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)