Avocados — Area harvested in China
China: Avocados — Area harvested was 15,106 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Area harvested in China, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 15,106 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in China peaked at 18,783 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1992.
That places China 17th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 7,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 17,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 18,783 ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 17,761 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 14,728 ha | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 13,343 ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 10,260 ha | -23.1% |
| 2020 | 12,850 ha | +25.2% |
| 2021 | 13,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 14,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 15,089 ha | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 15,106 ha | +0.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 15,106 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,487 ha, 6.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- China's 15,106 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,337 ha, 3.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +100.0% | 2,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,438 ha | 2,000 ha | 7,500 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 11,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,738 ha | 10,260 ha | 18,783 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,149 ha | 12,850 ha | 15,106 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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 avocados — area harvested in China?
- Avocados — area harvested in China was 15,106 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 18,783 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1992.
- How does China rank for avocados — area harvested?
- China ranks 17th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.