China (People’s Republic of) vs China, mainland: Spinach — Area harvested

China (People’s Republic of)
736,735 ha
in 2024
China, mainland
736,281 ha
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of) rank
1st
China, mainland rank
2nd

Spinach — Area harvested over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • China, mainland
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How they compare

China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 736,735 ha against 736,281 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 454 ha.

Across all 63 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 69 countries.

China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 149,210 ha 148,778 ha 432.22 ha China (People’s Republic of)
1970s 91,095 ha 90,300 ha 795 ha China (People’s Republic of)
1980s 136,584 ha 136,111 ha 473 ha China (People’s Republic of)
1990s 292,676 ha 292,100 ha 576.3 ha China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 599,944 ha 599,440 ha 504.5 ha China (People’s Republic of)
2010s 709,589 ha 709,107 ha 482.7 ha China (People’s Republic of)
2020s 726,804 ha 726,348 ha 456.8 ha China (People’s Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher spinach — area harvested, China (People’s Republic of) or China, mainland?
China (People’s Republic of), at 736,735 ha against 736,281 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland?
454 ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 69 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Spinach — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Spinach — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
102 places, 5,078 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.