Asparagus — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Asparagus — Area harvested is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 1.42 million ha in China; the lowest is 0 ha in Estonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 450 ha, and the mean is 58,596 ha.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 1,557.9%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Asparagus — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.42 million ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 1.42 million ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Mexico | 35,662 ha | 2024 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Peru | 28,500 ha | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 19,760 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Spain | 13,130 ha | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 9,320 ha | 2024 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 8 | France | 7,400 ha | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 4,295 ha | 2024 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 10 | Argentina | 2,683 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 2,494 ha | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 2,400 ha | 2024 | up 948.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,190 ha | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,063 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Thailand | 1,717 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Chile | 1,554 ha | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,448 ha | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 18 | Greece | 1,240 ha | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 1,124 ha | 2024 | down 32.9% | flat |
| 20 | Hungary | 1,000 ha | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 21 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 876 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Austria | 760 ha | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 654 ha | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium | 640 ha | 2024 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 25 | China, Taiwan Province of | 521 ha | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Switzerland | 450 ha | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 324 ha | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Türkiye | 315 ha | 2024 | up 1,557.9% | volatile |
| 29 | North Macedonia | 302 ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 210 ha | 2024 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Croatia | 210 ha | 2024 | — | rising |
| 32 | Czechia | 200 ha | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 33 | Portugal | 170 ha | 2024 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 135 ha | 1999 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Sweden | 130 ha | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 36 | Colombia | 125 ha | 2024 | up 443.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 100 ha | 2023 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovenia | 100 ha | 2024 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Lithuania | 72 ha | 2017 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 72 ha | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Philippines | 47 ha | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Bhutan | 41 ha | 2024 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 41 ha | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 32 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Finland | 30 ha | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 20 ha | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 47 | Morocco | 17 ha | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Israel | 9 ha | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0 ha | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 49 | Romania | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Estonia | 0 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.57 million ha
- Asia 1.43 million ha
- Eastern Asia 1.43 million ha
- Americas 76,439 ha
- Europe 61,725 ha
- European Union (27) 58,910 ha
- Central America 35,694 ha
- South America 33,516 ha
- Western Europe 31,220 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 28,599 ha
- Southern Europe 24,472 ha
- Northern America 7,229 ha
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.