Bananas — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Bananas — Area harvested was 310,093 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in China, mainland is 310,093 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 409,100 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1976.
China, mainland ranks 5th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | +85.7% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | -83.3% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1979 | 4,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 9,000 ha | +80.0% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | +44.4% |
| 1983 | 13,320 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | +50.2% |
| 1985 | 47,000 ha | +135.0% |
| 1986 | 72,000 ha | +53.2% |
| 1987 | 153,000 ha | +112.5% |
| 1988 | 141,867 ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 110,800 ha | -21.9% |
| 1990 | 108,800 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 132,933 ha | +22.2% |
| 1992 | 182,000 ha | +36.9% |
| 1993 | 196,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 150,800 ha | -23.1% |
| 1995 | 190,200 ha | +26.1% |
| 1996 | 175,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 180,200 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 177,940 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 202,700 ha | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 249,260 ha | +23.0% |
| 2001 | 244,980 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 247,900 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 255,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 264,500 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 276,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 285,700 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 306,600 ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 317,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 338,800 ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 357,330 ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 386,040 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 394,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 392,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 392,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 409,100 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 364,826 ha | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 351,030 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 331,900 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 330,310 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 327,240 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 325,860 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 326,850 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 318,636 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 310,093 ha | -2.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in China, mainland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +135.0% | 20,000 ha | 47,000 ha |
| 1987 | +112.5% | 72,000 ha | 153,000 ha |
| 1976 | -83.3% | 12,000 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1970 | +85.7% | 7,000 ha | 13,000 ha |
| 1981 | +80.0% | 5,000 ha | 9,000 ha |
| 1978 | +66.7% | 3,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,444 ha | 4,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,590 ha | 2,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58,499 ha | 5,000 ha | 153,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 169,707 ha | 108,800 ha | 202,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 278,734 ha | 244,980 ha | 338,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 370,924 ha | 330,310 ha | 409,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 321,736 ha | 310,093 ha | 327,240 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 2 Brazil 469,989 ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 468,358 ha compare
- 4 China 325,500 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 316,335 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 215,911 ha compare
- 6 Rwanda 202,488 ha compare
- 7 Angola 190,740 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 144,600 ha compare
- 8 Philippines 186,270 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 79,382 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Bananas — area harvested in China, mainland was 310,093 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 409,100 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1976.
- How does China, mainland rank for bananas — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 5th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.