China vs India: Peas, dry — Area harvested
Peas, dry — Area harvested over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 933,395 ha against 771,985 ha in India, a difference of 161,410 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.2 times India's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 4th and India ranks 6th of 99 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.65 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 1.48 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 1.80 million ha | 763,650 ha | 1.04 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 1.32 million ha | 453,200 ha | 865,800 ha | China |
| 1990s | 713,000 ha | 676,950 ha | 36,050 ha | China |
| 2000s | 923,100 ha | 713,230 ha | 209,870 ha | China |
| 2010s | 914,310 ha | 834,641 ha | 79,669 ha | China |
| 2020s | 940,557 ha | 721,554 ha | 219,003 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher peas, dry — area harvested, China or India?
- China, at 933,395 ha against 771,985 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in peas, dry — area harvested between China and India?
- 161,410 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and India rank globally for peas, dry — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and India ranks 6th of 99 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Peas, dry — 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.