China vs India: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 508,606 ha against 507,297 ha in India, a difference of 1,309 ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 97 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,299 ha | 54,556 ha | 12,257 ha | India |
| 1970s | 54,718 ha | 114,000 ha | 59,282 ha | India |
| 1980s | 70,208 ha | 195,000 ha | 124,792 ha | India |
| 1990s | 142,576 ha | 238,886 ha | 96,309 ha | India |
| 2000s | 346,773 ha | 281,790 ha | 64,983 ha | China |
| 2010s | 471,008 ha | 415,277 ha | 55,731 ha | China |
| 2020s | 509,893 ha | 483,859 ha | 26,034 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested, China or India?
- China, at 508,606 ha against 507,297 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested between China and India?
- 1,309 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and India rank globally for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 97 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.