China vs China, mainland: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested

China
18,448 ha
in 2024
China, mainland
18,246 ha
in 2024
China rank
18th
China, mainland rank
19th

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time

  • China
  • China, mainland
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How they compare

China currently reports 18,448 ha against 18,246 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 202 ha.

Across all 26 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 18th and China, mainland ranks 19th of 69 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China China, mainland Difference Ahead
1990s 8,140 ha 8,000 ha 140 ha China
2000s 12,629 ha 12,462 ha 167.2 ha China
2010s 16,661 ha 16,472 ha 189.3 ha China
2020s 18,494 ha 18,293 ha 201.4 ha China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, China or China, mainland?
China, at 18,448 ha against 18,246 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between China and China, mainland?
202 ha, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and China, mainland?
26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
How do China and China, mainland rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
China ranks 18th and China, mainland ranks 19th of 69 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 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.