Apples — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Apples — Area harvested was 2.23 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Eastern Asia is 2.23 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 3.15 million ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 174,815 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 25 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 174,815 ha | — |
| 1962 | 181,080 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 181,811 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 187,927 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 204,293 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 304,971 ha | +49.3% |
| 1967 | 304,999 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 373,702 ha | +22.5% |
| 1969 | 341,998 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 340,633 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 359,160 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 379,028 ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 530,283 ha | +39.9% |
| 1974 | 487,936 ha | -8.0% |
| 1975 | 599,467 ha | +22.9% |
| 1976 | 661,604 ha | +10.4% |
| 1977 | 704,609 ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 726,616 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 904,782 ha | +24.5% |
| 1980 | 886,853 ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 877,097 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 873,257 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 877,269 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 912,329 ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 918,953 ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 1.33 million ha | +45.3% |
| 1987 | 1.61 million ha | +20.4% |
| 1988 | 1.83 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 1.86 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.80 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 1.84 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 2.10 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 2.42 million ha | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 2.86 million ha | +18.2% |
| 1995 | 3.12 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 3.15 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 3.00 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 2.77 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 2.59 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 2.40 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 2.21 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 2.08 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 2.04 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 2.02 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 2.03 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 2.04 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 2.10 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 2.13 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 2.19 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 2.28 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 2.32 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 2.37 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.41 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 2.41 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.47 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.26 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 2.09 million ha | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 2.08 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2.18 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 2.14 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.11 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 2.09 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 2.13 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 2.23 million ha | +4.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Eastern Asia 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 | +49.3% | 204,293 ha | 304,971 ha |
| 1986 | +45.3% | 918,953 ha | 1.33 million ha |
| 1973 | +39.9% | 379,028 ha | 530,283 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 250,622 ha | 174,815 ha | 373,702 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 569,412 ha | 340,633 ha | 904,782 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.20 million ha | 873,257 ha | 1.86 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.56 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 3.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.12 million ha | 2.02 million ha | 2.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.29 million ha | 2.08 million ha | 2.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 million ha | 2.09 million ha | 2.23 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China 2.09 million ha compare
- 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
- 5 Russian Federation 189,893 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 48,092 ha compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.9519 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Apples — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 2.23 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.15 million ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 174,815 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for apples — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.