Africa vs China, mainland: Vegetables Primary — Production
Vegetables Primary — Production over time
- Africa
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 601.28 million t against 102.14 million t in Africa, a difference of 499.14 million t.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 5.9 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 29 groups.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.45 million t | 41.33 million t | 27.89 million t | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 17.87 million t | 40.93 million t | 23.06 million t | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 24.45 million t | 78.49 million t | 54.03 million t | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 36.23 million t | 172.96 million t | 136.73 million t | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 54.21 million t | 377.56 million t | 323.36 million t | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 78.42 million t | 537.31 million t | 458.89 million t | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 97.21 million t | 596.89 million t | 499.69 million t | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher vegetables primary — production, Africa or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 601.28 million t against 102.14 million t in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in vegetables primary — production between Africa and China, mainland?
- 499.14 million t, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China, mainland rank globally for vegetables primary — production?
- Africa ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Vegetables Primary — Production. 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.