China vs Eastern Asia: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- China
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 759,670 ha against 736,735 ha in China, a difference of 22,935 ha.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 69 countries.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149,210 ha | 174,201 ha | 24,991 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 91,095 ha | 117,931 ha | 26,836 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 122,964 ha | 154,251 ha | 31,287 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 292,676 ha | 326,803 ha | 34,126 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 599,944 ha | 630,388 ha | 30,444 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 709,589 ha | 736,271 ha | 26,681 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 726,804 ha | 750,129 ha | 23,325 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, China or Eastern Asia?
- Eastern Asia, at 759,670 ha against 736,735 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between China and Eastern Asia?
- 22,935 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Asia rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st and Eastern Asia 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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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.