Apricots — Area harvested in China
China: Apricots — Area harvested was 23,679 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — area harvested in China stood at 23,679 ha.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in China peaked at 25,036 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 451 ha, in 1961.
China ranks 5th of 80 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apricots — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 451 ha | — |
| 1962 | 510 ha | +13.1% |
| 1963 | 792 ha | +55.3% |
| 1964 | 893 ha | +12.8% |
| 1965 | 1,012 ha | +13.3% |
| 1966 | 1,039 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 1,235 ha | +18.9% |
| 1968 | 1,872 ha | +51.6% |
| 1969 | 1,938 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 2,132 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 2,263 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 2,386 ha | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 2,881 ha | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 3,300 ha | +14.5% |
| 1975 | 3,396 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 3,576 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 4,054 ha | +13.4% |
| 1978 | 4,178 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 4,256 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 4,431 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 4,333 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 4,299 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 4,404 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 4,335 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 4,438 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 5,080 ha | +14.5% |
| 1987 | 5,487 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 7,884 ha | +43.7% |
| 1989 | 7,895 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 7,970 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 8,357 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 10,508 ha | +25.7% |
| 1993 | 11,131 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 12,079 ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 13,397 ha | +10.9% |
| 1996 | 13,619 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 13,441 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 13,854 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 13,823 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 16,100 ha | +16.5% |
| 2001 | 16,845 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 17,881 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 18,225 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 17,957 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 18,573 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 19,116 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 19,660 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 20,483 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 22,349 ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 21,675 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 21,004 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 20,614 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 20,889 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 21,698 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 22,203 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 23,178 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 23,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 24,389 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 25,036 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 24,083 ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 24,316 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 24,326 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 24,103 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 23,679 ha | -1.8% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 23,679 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,188 ha, 7.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +55.3% | 510 ha | 792 ha |
| 1968 | +51.6% | 1,235 ha | 1,872 ha |
| 1988 | +43.7% | 5,487 ha | 7,884 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,082 ha | 451 ha | 1,938 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,242 ha | 2,132 ha | 4,256 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,259 ha | 4,299 ha | 7,895 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,818 ha | 7,970 ha | 13,854 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,719 ha | 16,100 ha | 22,349 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,449 ha | 20,614 ha | 25,036 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,101 ha | 23,679 ha | 24,326 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 Türkiye 152,356 ha compare
- 2 USSR 48,000 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 53,781 ha compare
- 3 Uzbekistan 45,040 ha compare
- 4 Algeria 24,923 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 15,005 ha compare
- 6 Afghanistan 23,132 ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 3,957 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 21,422 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 20,889 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 apricots — area harvested in China?
- Apricots — area harvested in China was 23,679 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 25,036 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 451 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for apricots — area harvested?
- China ranks 5th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 Apricots — 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.