Brazil vs China: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 564,968 ha against 407,490 ha in China, a difference of 157,478 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 1st and China ranks 2nd of 147 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 151,734 ha | 22,517 ha | 129,217 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 363,220 ha | 37,656 ha | 325,565 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 676,467 ha | 140,605 ha | 535,862 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 943,557 ha | 280,220 ha | 663,337 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 822,588 ha | 335,675 ha | 486,913 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 685,520 ha | 496,880 ha | 188,641 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 571,934 ha | 424,407 ha | 147,527 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Brazil or China?
- Brazil, at 564,968 ha against 407,490 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Brazil and China?
- 157,478 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 1st and China ranks 2nd of 147 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oranges — 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.