Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in China, mainland

China, mainland: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 18,246 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
18,246 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
19th
of 69 countries
All-time high
18,750 ha
in 2013
All-time low
8,000 ha
in 1999
Years of data
26
1999–2024

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1999–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k1999201120241999: 8.0k ha2000: 10.0k ha2001: 12.0k ha2002: 14.8k ha2003: 13.0k ha2004: 12.4k ha2005: 12.8k ha2006: 13.0k ha2007: 12.2k ha2008: 13.0k ha2009: 11.4k ha2010: 13.2k ha2011: 12.5k ha2012: 13.0k ha2013: 18.8k ha2014: 17.2k ha2015: 18.1k ha2016: 18.3k ha2017: 17.7k ha2018: 17.8k ha2019: 18.2k ha2020: 18.5k ha2021: 18.2k ha2022: 18.3k ha2023: 18.3k ha2024: 18.2k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

China, mainland recorded 18,246 ha for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 18,750 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1999.

That places China, mainland 19th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 8,000 ha 8,000 ha 8,000 ha 1
2000s 12,462 ha 10,000 ha 14,803 ha 10
2010s 16,472 ha 12,500 ha 18,750 ha 10
2020s 18,293 ha 18,161 ha 18,480 ha 5

Countries ranked near China, mainland

  1. 16 Latvia 20,300 ha compare
  2. 17 Myanmar 19,337 ha compare
  3. 18 China (People’s Republic of) 18,448 ha compare
  4. 20 Czechoslovakia 18,000 ha
  5. 21 Sierra Leone 17,550 ha compare
  6. 22 Tunisia 17,377 ha compare

See the full ranking of 99 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in China, mainland?
Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in China, mainland was 18,246 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
The highest recorded value was 18,750 ha in 2013.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1999.
How does China, mainland rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
China, mainland ranks 19th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China, mainland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.