China vs USSR: Apples — Area harvested

China
2.09 million ha
in 2024
USSR
1.30 million ha
in 1991
China rank
1st
USSR rank
3rd

Apples — Area harvested over time

  • China
  • USSR
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 2.09 million ha against 1.30 million ha in USSR, a difference of 785,740 ha.

That makes China's figure about 1.6 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

China ranks 1st and USSR ranks 3rd of 101 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and USSR in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade China USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 160,000 ha 960,333 ha 800,333 ha USSR
1970s 459,179 ha 1.69 million ha 1.23 million ha USSR
1980s 1.04 million ha 1.57 million ha 532,990 ha USSR
1990s 1.65 million ha 1.40 million ha 248,705 ha China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher apples — area harvested, China or USSR?
China, at 2.09 million ha against 1.30 million ha in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in apples — area harvested between China and USSR?
785,740 ha, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do China and USSR rank globally for apples — area harvested?
China ranks 1st and USSR ranks 3rd of 101 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Apples — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
130 places, 6,462 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.