Africa vs China: Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested

Africa
1.08 million ha
in 2024
China
812,053 ha
in 2024
Africa rank
4th
China rank
2nd

Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested over time

  • Africa
  • China
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M196119922024

How they compare

Africa currently reports 1.08 million ha against 812,053 ha in China, a difference of 264,207 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 1.3 times China's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 4th and China ranks 2nd of 29 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa China Difference Ahead
1960s 293,769 ha 5,016 ha 288,754 ha Africa
1970s 358,819 ha 8,399 ha 350,420 ha Africa
1980s 510,396 ha 71,228 ha 439,168 ha Africa
1990s 658,389 ha 391,432 ha 266,957 ha Africa
2000s 747,094 ha 615,885 ha 131,208 ha Africa
2010s 939,921 ha 756,426 ha 183,496 ha Africa
2020s 1.05 million ha 813,070 ha 235,614 ha Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher other fruits, n.e.c. — area harvested, Africa or China?
Africa, at 1.08 million ha against 812,053 ha in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in other fruits, n.e.c. — area harvested between Africa and China?
264,207 ha, with Africa 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 other fruits, n.e.c. — area harvested?
Africa ranks 4th and China ranks 2nd of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Africa vs China: Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/other-fruits-n-e-c-area-harvested/africa/china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/other-fruits-n-e-c-area-harvested/africa/china/">Africa vs China: Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Other fruits, 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
200 places, 9,922 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.