Asia vs China: True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- China
How they compare
Asia currently reports 40,904 ha against 18,811 ha in China, a difference of 22,093 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.2 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 3rd of 4 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154,542 ha | 133,556 ha | 20,987 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 179,221 ha | 162,070 ha | 17,151 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 77,740 ha | 60,369 ha | 17,371 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 35,407 ha | 16,081 ha | 19,326 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 32,942 ha | 13,541 ha | 19,401 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 31,529 ha | 10,830 ha | 20,699 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 40,980 ha | 18,949 ha | 22,031 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested, Asia or China?
- Asia, at 40,904 ha against 18,811 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested between Asia and China?
- 22,093 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and China rank globally for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 3rd of 4 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as True hemp, raw or retted — 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.