Africa vs China: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 3.26 million ha against 1.95 million ha in Africa, a difference of 1.31 million ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.7 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 4 and China in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 562,606 ha | 106,222 ha | 456,384 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 806,590 ha | 159,303 ha | 647,287 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 985,513 ha | 585,098 ha | 400,415 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 1.24 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 20,239 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.41 million ha | 1.72 million ha | 303,539 ha | China |
| 2010s | 1.71 million ha | 2.54 million ha | 832,495 ha | China |
| 2020s | 1.92 million ha | 3.21 million ha | 1.29 million ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citrus fruit, total — area harvested, Africa or China?
- China, at 3.26 million ha against 1.95 million ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in citrus fruit, total — area harvested between Africa and China?
- 1.31 million ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.