Asia vs China, mainland: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested

Asia
787,815 ha
in 2024
China, mainland
424,862 ha
in 2024
Asia rank
1st
China, mainland rank
2nd

Carrots and turnips — Area harvested over time

  • Asia
  • China, mainland
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How they compare

Asia currently reports 787,815 ha against 424,862 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 362,953 ha.

That makes Asia's figure about 1.9 times China, mainland's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 13 groups.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 94,737 ha 51,444 ha 43,293 ha Asia
1970s 112,220 ha 58,800 ha 53,420 ha Asia
1980s 149,804 ha 73,300 ha 76,504 ha Asia
1990s 308,833 ha 162,500 ha 146,333 ha Asia
2000s 608,720 ha 401,730 ha 206,990 ha Asia
2010s 704,586 ha 427,763 ha 276,823 ha Asia
2020s 772,389 ha 424,255 ha 348,134 ha Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carrots and turnips — area harvested, Asia or China, mainland?
Asia, at 787,815 ha against 424,862 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in carrots and turnips — area harvested between Asia and China, mainland?
362,953 ha, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China, mainland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Asia and China, mainland rank globally for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
Asia ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 13 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Carrots and turnips — 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
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
174 places, 8,626 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.