Apples — Area harvested in China
China: Apples — Area harvested was 2.09 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 2.09 million ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in China peaked at 2.99 million ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 90,000 ha, in 1961.
That places China 1st out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 210,000 ha | +90.9% |
| 1967 | 210,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 280,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 250,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1970 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 260,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 280,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 430,300 ha | +53.7% |
| 1974 | 385,400 ha | -10.4% |
| 1975 | 485,400 ha | +25.9% |
| 1976 | 540,500 ha | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 581,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1978 | 601,198 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 777,994 ha | +29.4% |
| 1980 | 744,521 ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 728,412 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 722,417 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 727,072 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 758,840 ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 758,855 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.18 million ha | +54.9% |
| 1987 | 1.44 million ha | +22.9% |
| 1988 | 1.66 million ha | +15.1% |
| 1989 | 1.69 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.64 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 1.66 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 1.92 million ha | +15.2% |
| 1993 | 2.25 million ha | +17.4% |
| 1994 | 2.69 million ha | +19.5% |
| 1995 | 2.95 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 2.99 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 2.84 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 2.62 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 2.44 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 2.25 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 2.07 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 1.94 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 1.90 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 1.88 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 1.89 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.90 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.96 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.99 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 2.05 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 2.14 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 2.18 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 2.23 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 2.27 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 2.27 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.33 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.12 million ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 1.95 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 1.94 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2.04 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 2.00 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.98 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.96 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.99 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 2.09 million ha | +4.8% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2.09 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,049 ha, 138.9× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +90.9% | 110,000 ha | 210,000 ha |
| 1986 | +54.9% | 758,855 ha | 1.18 million ha |
| 1973 | +53.7% | 280,000 ha | 430,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 280,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 459,179 ha | 250,000 ha | 777,994 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.04 million ha | 722,417 ha | 1.69 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.40 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 2.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.98 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.15 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 2.33 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.00 million ha | 1.96 million ha | 2.09 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 2.09 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 165,319 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 120,514 ha compare
- 3 USSR 1.30 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 68,637 ha compare
- 4 India 304,130 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in China?
- Apples — area harvested in China was 2.09 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2.99 million ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,000 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for apples — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.