Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China
China: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 0.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China, 1990–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China peaked at 83.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2019.
That places China 113th out of 118 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 83.1% | — |
| 1993 | 77.3% | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 62.6% | -19.0% |
| 1999 | 58.5% | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 47.8% | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 32.9% | -31.1% |
| 2008 | 26.1% | -20.8% |
| 2010 | 20.6% | -21.0% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | -25.7% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | -15.8% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | -53.1% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -38.0% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | -26.8% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -24.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -52.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.5%. (34 countries reporting)
- China's 0.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9%. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -100.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.4% | 58.5% | 83.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 35.6% | 26.1% | 47.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 0.0% | 20.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near China
More poverty & inequality data for China
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.999 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,418 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.5767 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 22.1 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 22.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in China was 0.0% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 83.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
- How does China rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- China ranks 113th out of 118 countries with data for 2022.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.