Asia vs China: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- China
How they compare
Asia currently reports 787,815 ha against 426,560 ha in China, a difference of 361,255 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 1.8 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 13 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94,737 ha | 51,883 ha | 42,854 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 112,220 ha | 60,653 ha | 51,567 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 149,804 ha | 76,454 ha | 73,350 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 308,833 ha | 165,808 ha | 143,026 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 608,720 ha | 404,378 ha | 204,342 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 704,586 ha | 430,131 ha | 274,455 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 772,389 ha | 425,966 ha | 346,423 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?
- Asia, at 787,815 ha against 426,560 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in carrots and turnips — area harvested between Asia and China?
- 361,255 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and China rank globally for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 13 regions.
- 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
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.