China, mainland vs India: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- China, mainland
- India
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 1.09 million ha against 853,993 ha in India, a difference of 236,967 ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.3 times India's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.
China, mainland ranks 2nd and India ranks 3rd of 169 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 228,889 ha | 56,667 ha | 172,222 ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 177,500 ha | 94,600 ha | 82,900 ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 264,000 ha | 234,388 ha | 29,612 ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 486,900 ha | 355,290 ha | 131,610 ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 835,310 ha | 517,230 ha | 318,080 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 1.01 million ha | 807,643 ha | 203,588 ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 1.09 million ha | 841,799 ha | 251,491 ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, China, mainland or India?
- China, mainland, at 1.09 million ha against 853,993 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between China, mainland and India?
- 236,967 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and India rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd and India ranks 3rd of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.