China, mainland vs India: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested

China, mainland
812,423 ha
in 2024
India
683,138 ha
in 2024
China, mainland rank
2nd
India rank
3rd

Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested over time

  • China, mainland
  • India
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M196119922024

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 812,423 ha against 683,138 ha in India, a difference of 129,285 ha.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.2 times India's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.

China, mainland ranks 2nd and India ranks 3rd of 97 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, China, mainland averaged higher in 6 and India in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland India Difference Ahead
1960s 301,111 ha 175,333 ha 125,778 ha China, mainland
1970s 211,000 ha 223,000 ha 12,000 ha India
1980s 279,200 ha 270,700 ha 8,500 ha China, mainland
1990s 452,000 ha 355,051 ha 96,949 ha China, mainland
2000s 820,380 ha 530,190 ha 290,190 ha China, mainland
2010s 778,190 ha 694,371 ha 83,819 ha China, mainland
2020s 807,236 ha 706,428 ha 100,808 ha China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested, China, mainland or India?
China, mainland, at 812,423 ha against 683,138 ha in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested between China, mainland and India?
129,285 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and India rank globally for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
China, mainland ranks 2nd and India ranks 3rd of 97 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
137 places, 6,491 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.