Asparagus — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Asparagus — Area harvested was 1.43 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 1.43 million ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 1.43 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 192,588 ha, in 1970.
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 24 groups 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 522,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 378,000 ha | -27.7% |
| 1963 | 323,500 ha | -14.4% |
| 1964 | 293,790 ha | -9.2% |
| 1965 | 304,733 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 296,987 ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 294,942 ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 288,385 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 289,515 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 192,588 ha | -33.5% |
| 1971 | 223,556 ha | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 217,118 ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 242,346 ha | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 233,555 ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 243,584 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 239,136 ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 249,941 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 278,767 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 274,675 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 268,808 ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 288,769 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 319,226 ha | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 316,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 316,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 316,903 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 349,296 ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 377,120 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 386,419 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 415,249 ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 442,190 ha | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 481,215 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 460,784 ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 559,525 ha | +21.4% |
| 1994 | 579,907 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 619,434 ha | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 689,309 ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 708,564 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 733,645 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 788,177 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 919,192 ha | +16.6% |
| 2001 | 968,768 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 1.05 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 1.09 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.16 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 1.17 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.21 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1.26 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 1.27 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.28 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.29 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.33 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.36 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.34 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.34 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.40 million ha | +4.1% |
| 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 | 1.42 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 | 1.43 million ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | -33.5% | 289,515 ha | 192,588 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 332,484 ha | 288,385 ha | 522,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 239,527 ha | 192,588 ha | 278,767 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 335,469 ha | 268,808 ha | 415,249 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 606,275 ha | 442,190 ha | 788,177 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 919,192 ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.37 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 1.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 192,588 ha in 1970.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 Asparagus — 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.