| Ranking of China in the World in Terms of Major Agricultural Products | ||||||||
| Source: United Nations FAO Database. | ||||||||
| Item | 1978 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Cereals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meat① | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Seed Cotton | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soybeans | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Groundnuts in Shell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rapeseed | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sugar Cane | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fruit② | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Note: ①Data refer to pork,beef and mutton prior to 1990.②Excluding melons. | ||||||||