Beans, dry — Area harvested in China
China: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 738,345 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in China is 738,345 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in China peaked at 3.52 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 605,884 ha, in 2014.
That places China 9th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.13 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.52 million ha | +12.7% |
| 1963 | 2.82 million ha | -19.9% |
| 1964 | 2.83 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 2.82 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 2.52 million ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 2.52 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2.42 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 2.32 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 2.33 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1.92 million ha | -17.2% |
| 1972 | 1.83 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 1.83 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 1.73 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 1.73 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1.73 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 1.74 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1.54 million ha | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 1.74 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 1.73 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 1.73 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 1.53 million ha | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 1.53 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 1.52 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.42 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 1.42 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 1.41 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.31 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 1.31 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1.21 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 1.25 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 1.25 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.21 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 1.41 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1995 | 1.31 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 1.21 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1997 | 1.06 million ha | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 1.20 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 1.16 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 1.21 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 1.34 million ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 1.44 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 1.32 million ha | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 1.15 million ha | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 1.23 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 954,774 ha | -22.1% |
| 2007 | 990,890 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 1.00 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 904,140 ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 911,141 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 914,931 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 754,904 ha | -17.5% |
| 2013 | 630,693 ha | -16.5% |
| 2014 | 605,884 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 673,089 ha | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 733,442 ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 759,683 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 754,434 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 755,823 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 752,757 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 743,447 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 744,831 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 741,994 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 738,345 ha | -0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 738,345 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25,950 ha, 28.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- China's 738,345 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 124,615 ha, 5.9× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.77 million ha | 2.32 million ha | 3.52 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.81 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 2.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.49 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.23 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.15 million ha | 904,140 ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 749,402 ha | 605,884 ha | 914,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 744,275 ha | 738,345 ha | 752,757 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 6 Mozambique 1.21 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 373,014 ha compare
- 7 Uganda 863,246 ha compare
- 8 Burundi 747,771 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 171,585 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 114,184 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 732,838 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 91,841 ha compare
- 11 Angola 713,374 ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 84,329 ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 81,754 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 660,495 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 beans, dry — area harvested in China?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in China was 738,345 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3.52 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 605,884 ha in 2014.
- How does China rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- China ranks 9th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.