Carrots and turnips — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 426,560 ha in China; the lowest is 0 ha in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,012 ha, and the mean is 13,003 ha.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 375.7%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 98.6%).
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 426,560 ha | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 424,862 ha | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 160,000 ha | 1991 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 14,863 ha | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 4 | India | 125,010 ha | 2024 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,990 ha | 2024 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 53,212 ha | 2024 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 42,800 ha | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 9,050 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Ukraine | 39,500 ha | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6,153 ha | 2024 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 37,163 ha | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Pakistan | 26,927 ha | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 2,354 ha | 2024 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 26,682 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 973 ha | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 16,384 ha | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 484 ha | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 12 | Japan | 16,335 ha | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45 ha | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 13 | France | 15,920 ha | 2024 | up 32.8% | falling |
| 13 | Polynesia | 39 ha | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 14 | Algeria | 15,442 ha | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 15,300 ha | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14,789 ha | 2024 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 17 | Germany | 13,790 ha | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 13,372 ha | 1991 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 12,227 ha | 2024 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Morocco | 12,031 ha | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 11,833 ha | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Tunisia | 11,697 ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 11,120 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 10,571 ha | 2024 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 10,054 ha | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 9,245 ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 8,927 ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 5,011 ha | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 8,864 ha | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 28 | Cabo Verde | 77 ha | 2024 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8,640 ha | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 30 | Belarus | 8,577 ha | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 8,547 ha | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 32 | Sudan | 8,087 ha | 2024 | up 375.7% | rising |
| 33 | Libya | 8,017 ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Canada | 7,945 ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 7,647 ha | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia and Montenegro | 7,647 ha | 2005 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,570 ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 7,500 ha | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Romania | 6,880 ha | 2024 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 40 | Ecuador | 6,838 ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Australia and New Zealand | 6,727 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 6,683 ha | 2024 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Czechoslovakia | 6,409 ha | 1992 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 44 | Philippines | 5,676 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 45 | Rwanda | 5,249 ha | 2024 | up 212.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 5,223 ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 47 | Australia | 5,040 ha | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 48 | Belgium | 4,720 ha | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 4,609 ha | 2024 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 4,053 ha | 2024 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 3,921 ha | 2024 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Senegal | 3,908 ha | 2024 | up 293.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 3,687 ha | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Chile | 3,412 ha | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 3,004 ha | 2024 | up 367.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Serbia | 2,893 ha | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 2,825 ha | 2024 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Madagascar | 2,759 ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2,655 ha | 1999 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 60 | Portugal | 2,370 ha | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 2,313 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Switzerland | 2,258 ha | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 63 | Denmark | 2,240 ha | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 64 | Niger | 2,187 ha | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 2,168 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 66 | Jamaica | 2,085 ha | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 1,940 ha | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 1,830 ha | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 69 | Israel | 1,757 ha | 2024 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Finland | 1,750 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 71 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,698 ha | 2024 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 72 | New Zealand | 1,688 ha | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 73 | Sudan (former) | 1,680 ha | 2011 | up 189.7% | rising |
| 74 | Yemen | 1,659 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Norway | 1,500 ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 76 | Lithuania | 1,380 ha | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 77 | Mali | 1,234 ha | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Hungary | 1,200 ha | 2024 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 79 | Uruguay | 1,151 ha | 2024 | up 75.5% | falling |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 942 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 922 ha | 2024 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 82 | Ireland | 910 ha | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 909 ha | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 84 | Oman | 903 ha | 2024 | up 308.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Czechia | 840 ha | 2024 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 831 ha | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 87 | Greece | 790 ha | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 765 ha | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 660 ha | 2024 | up 57.9% | falling |
| 90 | Armenia | 619 ha | 2024 | down 34.0% | flat |
| 91 | Bhutan | 577 ha | 2024 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 92 | Iraq | 495 ha | 2024 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Albania | 484 ha | 2024 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 471 ha | 2024 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 470 ha | 2024 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Croatia | 410 ha | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | 407 ha | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 405 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 99 | Latvia | 400 ha | 2024 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 100 | Lebanon | 384 ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Jordan | 347 ha | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 250 ha | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 103 | Georgia | 237 ha | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Slovenia | 220 ha | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 105 | Malawi | 205 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 106 | Panama | 191 ha | 2024 | down 54.8% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine | 176 ha | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 108 | Botswana | 150 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 147 ha | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 110 | Namibia | 93 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 111 | Réunion | 90 ha | 2006 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 112 | Congo | 81 ha | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 113 | Iceland | 80 ha | 2024 | up 263.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Dominica | 56 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Belize | 52 ha | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Guadeloupe | 51 ha | 2006 | unchanged | volatile |
| 117 | Cyprus | 50 ha | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Malta | 47 ha | 2017 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 40 ha | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 39 ha | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 38 ha | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Martinique | 30 ha | 2006 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20 ha | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Qatar | 15 ha | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9 ha | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 126 | Barbados | 8 ha | 2024 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Bahrain | 7 ha | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Kuwait | 7 ha | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Grenada | 6 ha | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 ha | 1970 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Djibouti | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.27 million ha
- Asia 787,815 ha
- Eastern Asia 457,435 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 47,269 ha
- Europe 218,190 ha
- Southern Asia 173,244 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 153,275 ha
- Middle Africa 10,843 ha
- Africa 141,954 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 131,550 ha
- Eastern Europe 118,581 ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 5,798 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 113,117 ha
- Americas 112,713 ha
- European Union (27) 101,680 ha
- Central Asia 87,881 ha
- Northern Africa 64,138 ha
- South America 55,596 ha
- Western Europe 47,308 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 42,839 ha
- Western Africa 34,088 ha
- Northern America 33,238 ha
- Southern Europe 27,173 ha
- Western Asia 26,416 ha
- United States of America 25,293 ha
- Northern Europe 25,129 ha
- Eastern Africa 24,994 ha
- Central America 18,868 ha
- Southern Africa 7,890 ha
- Oceania 6,768 ha
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.