Bananas — Area harvested in China
China: Bananas — Area harvested was 325,500 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 325,500 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in China peaked at 423,193 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13,151 ha, in 1976.
China ranks 4th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 18,718 ha | +33.7% |
| 1964 | 24,086 ha | +28.7% |
| 1965 | 35,443 ha | +47.2% |
| 1966 | 45,512 ha | +28.4% |
| 1967 | 52,107 ha | +14.5% |
| 1968 | 51,806 ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 44,628 ha | -13.9% |
| 1970 | 52,013 ha | +16.5% |
| 1971 | 40,200 ha | -22.7% |
| 1972 | 32,800 ha | -18.4% |
| 1973 | 33,421 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 28,793 ha | -13.8% |
| 1975 | 22,822 ha | -20.7% |
| 1976 | 13,151 ha | -42.4% |
| 1977 | 13,542 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 14,598 ha | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 14,810 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 14,268 ha | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 17,763 ha | +24.5% |
| 1982 | 21,651 ha | +21.9% |
| 1983 | 22,126 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 28,562 ha | +29.1% |
| 1985 | 55,292 ha | +93.6% |
| 1986 | 79,537 ha | +43.8% |
| 1987 | 161,596 ha | +103.2% |
| 1988 | 151,851 ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 120,486 ha | -20.7% |
| 1990 | 118,253 ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 142,279 ha | +20.3% |
| 1992 | 191,592 ha | +34.7% |
| 1993 | 205,343 ha | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 159,045 ha | -22.5% |
| 1995 | 198,073 ha | +24.5% |
| 1996 | 182,011 ha | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 189,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 187,261 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 211,661 ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 258,094 ha | +21.9% |
| 2001 | 253,947 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 257,473 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 265,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 273,650 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 285,148 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 295,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 317,776 ha | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 328,906 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 350,224 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 370,783 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 399,297 ha | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 407,647 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 405,042 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 405,291 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 423,193 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 380,523 ha | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 366,834 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 347,348 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 345,224 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 342,208 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 340,903 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 341,466 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 333,128 ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 325,500 ha | -2.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 325,500 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 49.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- China's 325,500 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,702 ha, 191.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +103.2% | 79,537 ha | 161,596 ha |
| 1985 | +93.6% | 28,562 ha | 55,292 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,278 ha | 13,200 ha | 52,107 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,615 ha | 13,151 ha | 52,013 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 67,313 ha | 14,268 ha | 161,596 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 178,452 ha | 118,253 ha | 211,661 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 288,612 ha | 253,947 ha | 350,224 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 385,118 ha | 345,224 ha | 423,193 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 336,641 ha | 325,500 ha | 342,208 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 India 948,469 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 469,989 ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 468,358 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 316,335 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 310,093 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
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 bananas — area harvested in China?
- Bananas — area harvested in China was 325,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 423,193 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,151 ha in 1976.
- How does China rank for bananas — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. 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 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.