China, People's Republic of vs USSR: Fruit Primary — Area harvested

China, People's Republic of
16.14 million ha
in 2024
USSR
3.34 million ha
in 1991
China, People's Republic of rank
1st
USSR rank
4th

Fruit Primary — Area harvested over time

  • China, People's Republic of
  • USSR
05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922024

How they compare

China, People's Republic of currently reports 16.14 million ha against 3.34 million ha in USSR, a difference of 12.80 million ha.

That makes China, People's Republic of's figure about 4.8 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

China, People's Republic of ranks 1st and USSR ranks 4th of 189 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China, People's Republic of averaged higher in 2 and USSR in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, People's Republic of USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 1.45 million ha 2.74 million ha 1.30 million ha USSR
1970s 1.93 million ha 3.85 million ha 1.92 million ha USSR
1980s 4.03 million ha 3.67 million ha 359,600 ha China, People's Republic of
1990s 6.08 million ha 3.47 million ha 2.61 million ha China, People's Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fruit primary — area harvested, China, People's Republic of or USSR?
China, People's Republic of, at 16.14 million ha against 3.34 million ha in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in fruit primary — area harvested between China, People's Republic of and USSR?
12.80 million ha, with China, People's Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, People's Republic of and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do China, People's Republic of and USSR rank globally for fruit primary — area harvested?
China, People's Republic of ranks 1st and USSR ranks 4th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fruit Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fruit Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,778 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.