China vs Southern Asia: Apricots — Area harvested
Apricots — Area harvested over time
- China
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 96,940 ha against 23,679 ha in China, a difference of 73,261 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 4.1 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 5th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 80 countries.
Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,082 ha | 21,288 ha | 20,205 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 3,242 ha | 26,381 ha | 23,139 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 5,259 ha | 27,592 ha | 22,334 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 11,818 ha | 42,766 ha | 30,948 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 18,719 ha | 80,306 ha | 61,587 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 22,449 ha | 94,450 ha | 72,001 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 24,101 ha | 95,998 ha | 71,897 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apricots — area harvested, China or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 96,940 ha against 23,679 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apricots — area harvested between China and Southern Asia?
- 73,261 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Southern Asia rank globally for apricots — area harvested?
- China ranks 5th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 80 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apricots — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.