Asparagus — Area harvested in China
China: Asparagus — Area harvested was 1.42 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in China is 1.42 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in China peaked at 1.42 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 186,588 ha, in 1970.
China ranks 1st of 50 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 375,000 ha | -27.9% |
| 1963 | 320,000 ha | -14.7% |
| 1964 | 290,270 ha | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 299,553 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 290,877 ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 288,002 ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 281,385 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 283,315 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 186,588 ha | -34.1% |
| 1971 | 217,456 ha | +16.5% |
| 1972 | 210,918 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 236,146 ha | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 227,355 ha | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 237,384 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 232,936 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 243,741 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 272,567 ha | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 268,475 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 262,428 ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 282,369 ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 311,236 ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 309,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 309,400 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 309,903 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 339,326 ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 367,120 ha | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 376,419 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 405,249 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 433,190 ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 472,437 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 451,755 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 551,525 ha | +22.1% |
| 1994 | 571,471 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 611,420 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 681,523 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 701,564 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 726,484 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 781,541 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 911,562 ha | +16.6% |
| 2001 | 961,538 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 1.04 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 1.15 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1.16 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.20 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1.25 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 1.27 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.27 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.28 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.32 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.35 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 1.33 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.34 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.39 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.42 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.40 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.40 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.41 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.41 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.41 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.42 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.42 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.42 million ha | +0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1.42 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,186 ha, 1199.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- China's 1.42 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,420 ha, 1001.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | -34.1% | 283,315 ha | 186,588 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327,600 ha | 281,385 ha | 520,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 233,357 ha | 186,588 ha | 272,567 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 327,295 ha | 262,428 ha | 405,249 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 598,291 ha | 433,190 ha | 781,541 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.13 million ha | 911,562 ha | 1.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 1.42 million ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 876 ha compare
- 3 Mexico 35,662 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 315 ha compare
- 4 Peru 28,500 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 asparagus — area harvested in China?
- Asparagus — area harvested in China was 1.42 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.42 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 186,588 ha in 1970.
- How does China rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 Asparagus — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.