Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in China
China: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 426,560 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in China is 426,560 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in China peaked at 473,406 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 44,000 ha, in 1961.
China ranks 1st of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 49,461 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 53,674 ha | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 54,549 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 55,567 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 56,729 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 56,966 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 56,297 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 57,595 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 57,397 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 59,339 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 60,448 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 61,857 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 61,006 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 60,877 ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 64,839 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 66,874 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 69,473 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 72,292 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 74,347 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 75,348 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 76,306 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 74,841 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 76,347 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 79,512 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 80,911 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 85,162 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 92,123 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 99,242 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 97,786 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 123,143 ha | +25.9% |
| 1994 | 148,094 ha | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 158,460 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 188,949 ha | +19.2% |
| 1997 | 222,987 ha | +18.0% |
| 1998 | 253,450 ha | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 273,843 ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 321,345 ha | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 342,914 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 373,070 ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 402,521 ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 422,436 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 432,571 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 437,398 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 442,162 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 433,406 ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 435,956 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 449,971 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 466,111 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 473,406 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 410,866 ha | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 386,043 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 437,827 ha | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 411,523 ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 416,915 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 421,688 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 426,959 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 429,496 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 423,550 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 424,620 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 425,603 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 426,560 ha | +0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 426,560 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 151.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- China's 426,560 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,952 ha, 47.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +25.9% | 97,786 ha | 123,143 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,883 ha | 44,000 ha | 56,966 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60,653 ha | 56,297 ha | 66,874 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76,454 ha | 69,473 ha | 85,162 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 165,808 ha | 92,123 ha | 273,843 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 404,378 ha | 321,345 ha | 442,162 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 430,131 ha | 386,043 ha | 473,406 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 425,966 ha | 423,550 ha | 429,496 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 424,862 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 14,863 ha compare
- 3 USSR 160,000 ha compare
- 4 India 125,010 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12,990 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in China?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in China was 426,560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 473,406 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,000 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.