China vs Europe: True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- China
- Europe
How they compare
Europe currently reports 40,924 ha against 18,811 ha in China, a difference of 22,113 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 2.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Europe ahead.
China ranks 3rd and Europe ranks 2nd of 33 countries.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133,556 ha | 362,667 ha | 229,112 ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 162,070 ha | 235,272 ha | 73,202 ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 60,369 ha | 165,864 ha | 105,495 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 16,081 ha | 39,907 ha | 23,826 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 13,541 ha | 20,969 ha | 7,428 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 10,830 ha | 23,503 ha | 12,673 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 18,949 ha | 37,553 ha | 18,604 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested, China or Europe?
- Europe, at 40,924 ha against 18,811 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested between China and Europe?
- 22,113 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Europe rank globally for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd and Europe ranks 2nd of 33 countries.
- 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.