Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in China
China: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 18,448 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in China stood at 18,448 ha.
That represents a change of 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 peaked at 18,928 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 65 ha, in 1991.
China ranks 18th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,100 ha | +50.0% |
| 1966 | 3,500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1967 | 4,900 ha | +40.0% |
| 1968 | 6,300 ha | +28.6% |
| 1969 | 10,500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1970 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 5,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1975 | 1,750 ha | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 1,400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1977 | 700 ha | -50.0% |
| 1978 | 350 ha | -50.0% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 451 ha | +28.9% |
| 1983 | 171 ha | -62.1% |
| 1984 | 145 ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 155 ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 338 ha | +118.1% |
| 1987 | 511 ha | +51.2% |
| 1988 | 449 ha | -12.1% |
| 1989 | 157 ha | -65.0% |
| 1990 | 205 ha | +30.6% |
| 1991 | 65 ha | -68.3% |
| 1992 | 136 ha | +109.2% |
| 1993 | 123 ha | -9.6% |
| 1994 | 127 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 178 ha | +40.2% |
| 1996 | 149 ha | -16.3% |
| 1997 | 199 ha | +33.6% |
| 1998 | 239 ha | +20.1% |
| 1999 | 8,140 ha | +3305.9% |
| 2000 | 10,257 ha | +26.0% |
| 2001 | 12,173 ha | +18.7% |
| 2002 | 14,991 ha | +23.1% |
| 2003 | 13,146 ha | -12.3% |
| 2004 | 12,467 ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 12,891 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 13,146 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 12,280 ha | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 13,255 ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 11,682 ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 13,403 ha | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 12,672 ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 13,177 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 18,928 ha | +43.6% |
| 2014 | 17,387 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 18,299 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 18,479 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 17,864 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 18,022 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 18,380 ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 18,680 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 18,361 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 18,475 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 18,508 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 18,448 ha | -0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 18,448 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,517 ha, 4.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- China's 18,448 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 18,448 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +3305.9% | 239 ha | 8,140 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,500 ha | 700 ha | 10,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,165 ha | 350 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 307.7 ha | 145 ha | 511 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 956.1 ha | 65 ha | 8,140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,629 ha | 10,257 ha | 14,991 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,661 ha | 12,672 ha | 18,928 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,494 ha | 18,361 ha | 18,680 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 15 Saudi Arabia 21,746 ha compare
- 16 Latvia 20,300 ha compare
- 17 Myanmar 19,337 ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 18,246 ha compare
- 20 Czechoslovakia 18,000 ha compare
- 21 Sierra Leone 17,550 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 cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in China?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in China was 18,448 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?
- The highest recorded value was 18,928 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 65 ha in 1991.
- How does China rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- China ranks 18th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — 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.