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Wheat Data
Indicator (Source) Value Year
Total Land (FAO) 9,388,210 km2 2012
Arable Land (FAO) 105,920,000 ha 2012
Wheat area (FAO) 25,000,000 ha 2014
Wheat area (USDA) 24,150,000 ha 2015
Wheat yield (FAO) --- ---
Wheat yield (USDA) 5 t/ha 2015
Wheat production (FAO) 126,208,400 t 2014
Wheat production (USDA) 130,000,000 t 2015
Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 118,000,000 t 2015
Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 124,045,283 t 2011
Wheat imports (FAO) 3,688,620 t 2012
Wheat imports (USDA) 2,000,000 t 2015
Wheat exports (FAO) 39,794 t 2011
Wheat exports (USDA) 1,000,000 t 2015
Wheat seed production (FAO) 4,600,000 t 2013
Wheat Data
Indicator (Source) Value Year
Food supply - TOTAL
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
3,075 2011
Food supply - CEREALS
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
1,452 2011
Percentage of total daily calories
from cereals (FAO)
47 % 2011
Food supply - WHEAT
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
552 2011
Percentage of total daily calories
from wheat (FAO)
18 % 2011
Total supply wheat (USDA) 206,105,000 t 2015
Beginning stocks (USDA) 74,105,000 t 2015
Ending stocks (USDA) 87,105,000 t 2015
Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 15,000,000 t 2015
Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 103,000,000 t 2015
Demographic Data
Indicator - year (Source) Year Value %
Total population - (FAO) 2024 1,446,827,000 100%
Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 1,432,868,000 99%
Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 1,384,977,000 95%
Urban population - (FAO) 2024 934,037,000 100%
Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 873,853,000 93%
Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 1,070,705,000 114%
Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 512,790,000 100%
Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 559,014,000 109%
Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 314,272,000 61%
Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 462,510,000 100%
Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 462,510,000 100 %
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Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.687
Literacy rate, adult total (WB)
(percentage of people ages 15 and above)
CHN 2,013
Life expectancy at birth, total (WB)
(years)
CHN 2,013
Demographic Data
Indicator - year (Source) Value Year
Population bellow US$ 1.25 - CHN (WB) 2013 %
Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.056 2002
Unemployment total (WB)
(percentage)
2,013 CHN
GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 CHN
GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 CHN
Agriculture, value added (WB)
(percentage of GDP)
2,013 CHN
Fertilizer consumption (WB)
(% of fertilizer production)
2,013 CHN
Fertilizer consumption (WB)
(kilograms per hectare of arable land)
2,013 CHN
Nº of tractors
per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB)
2,013 CHN
Mobile cellular subscriptions
per 100 people (WB)
2,013 CHN
Internet users per 100 people (WB)

External Links

FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=CHN
World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china
Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/china/
Food Security portal http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/china

Source

FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015.
USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015.
UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013.
WB: Instant updates via API.