Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in China
China: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 13,984 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in China stood at 13,984 ha.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in China peaked at 14,925 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
China ranks 3rd of 61 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 5,012 ha | — |
| 1984 | 6,856 ha | +36.8% |
| 1985 | 6,663 ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 7,661 ha | +15.0% |
| 1987 | 9,813 ha | +28.1% |
| 1988 | 10,715 ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 9,607 ha | -10.3% |
| 1990 | 12,429 ha | +29.4% |
| 1991 | 12,942 ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 13,728 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 12,925 ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 11,178 ha | -13.5% |
| 1995 | 11,875 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 11,151 ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 12,712 ha | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 11,974 ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 10,340 ha | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 11,705 ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 13,463 ha | +15.0% |
| 2002 | 11,962 ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 13,246 ha | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 13,976 ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 12,339 ha | -11.7% |
| 2006 | 12,707 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 11,100 ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 11,037 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 12,015 ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 12,318 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 12,688 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 13,933 ha | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 14,786 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 14,125 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 14,123 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 13,946 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 14,670 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 14,925 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 13,498 ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 14,083 ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 13,723 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 14,227 ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 14,357 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 13,984 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,633 ha | 0 ha | 10,715 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,125 ha | 10,340 ha | 13,728 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,355 ha | 11,037 ha | 13,976 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,901 ha | 12,318 ha | 14,925 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,075 ha | 13,723 ha | 14,357 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in China?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in China was 13,984 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 14,925 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.