Official 2025 result
714.88NBS ↗
million tonnes total grain
NBS statistical communiqué definition.
Agriculture & food · grain structure
China grain production and crop structure
China produced 714.88 million tonnes of grain in 2025. Maize, rice and wheat dominate cereals; the latest NBS headline is kept separate from FAOSTAT’s long-run international series.
Year-on-year growth
1.2%NBS ↗
versus prior year
Official year-on-year change for 2025.
Sown area
119.409NBS ↗
million hectares
Same official release as output.
Yield
5,987NBS ↗
kg per hectare
Total output divided by sown area.
2025 major-crop structure
Shares of 660.21 million tonnes of cereals
Source: NBS ↗ · NBS 2025 communiqué; the three crops do not equal total grainchinainfigures.com
| Crop | Output (million tonnes) | Share of cereals |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 209.04 | 31.7% |
| Wheat | 140.07 | 21.2% |
| Maize (corn) | 301.24 | 45.6% |
Three-crop trends, 1961–2024
One archived FAOSTAT edition; not spliced to the 2025 NBS headline
Source: FAOSTAT ↗ · FAOSTAT QCL; million tonneschinainfigures.com
Same-source 2024 international comparison
The top five for each crop come from the same FAOSTAT edition with source flags retained.
| Crop | Rank | Country | Million tonnes | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rice | 1 | India | 217.868 | A |
| rice | 2 | China | 209.173 | A |
| rice | 3 | Bangladesh | 60.570 | A |
| rice | 4 | Indonesia | 53.143 | A |
| rice | 5 | Viet Nam | 43.450 | A |
| wheat | 1 | China | 140.105 | A |
| wheat | 2 | India | 113.292 | A |
| wheat | 3 | Russian Federation | 82.588 | X |
| wheat | 4 | United States of America | 53.650 | A |
| wheat | 5 | Canada | 35.939 | A |
| maize | 1 | United States of America | 377.633 | A |
| maize | 2 | China | 295.140 | A |
| maize | 3 | Brazil | 114.953 | A |
| maize | 4 | Argentina | 57.495 | A |
| maize | 5 | India | 40.231 | A |
Definitions and common misreadings
Total grain includes cereals, beans and tubers; cereals also include crops beyond rice, wheat and maize. The three crops therefore do not equal total grain. Sown area, yield, consumption, stocks and trade are different measures.
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Grain production and crop structure indicator added
Added the 2025 NBS grain headline and crop structure with separate FAOSTAT long-run and international context.
Related sources: National Bureau of Statistics of China ↗ · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ↗
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