Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in China
China: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 508,606 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in China is 508,606 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in China peaked at 515,375 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 36,362 ha, in 1961.
China ranks 1st of 97 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,362 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,383 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 41,394 ha | +13.8% |
| 1964 | 41,438 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 41,978 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 42,764 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 44,563 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 45,921 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 49,886 ha | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 49,963 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 51,178 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 51,994 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 52,243 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 53,897 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 55,138 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 55,715 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 57,345 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 59,351 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 60,353 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 61,987 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 63,110 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 63,266 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 63,997 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 67,761 ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 72,321 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 75,278 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 77,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 77,173 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 80,089 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 79,659 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 82,323 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 79,476 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 114,257 ha | +43.8% |
| 1994 | 133,818 ha | +17.1% |
| 1995 | 143,582 ha | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 178,872 ha | +24.6% |
| 1997 | 191,361 ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 203,447 ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 218,967 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 253,856 ha | +15.9% |
| 2001 | 268,783 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 303,616 ha | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 313,464 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 353,165 ha | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 363,035 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 383,110 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 402,915 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 407,810 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 417,976 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 431,402 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 446,469 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 448,051 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 453,325 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 469,018 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 499,150 ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 474,185 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 485,244 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 496,748 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 506,490 ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 515,375 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 506,241 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 509,125 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 510,118 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 508,606 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,299 ha | 36,362 ha | 49,886 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,718 ha | 49,963 ha | 60,353 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,208 ha | 61,987 ha | 80,089 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 142,576 ha | 79,476 ha | 218,967 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 346,773 ha | 253,856 ha | 417,976 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 471,008 ha | 431,402 ha | 506,490 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 509,893 ha | 506,241 ha | 515,375 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in China?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in China was 508,606 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 515,375 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,362 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.