Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in China
China: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 3.26 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in China is 3.26 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in China peaked at 3.32 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 80,511 ha, in 1961.
China ranks 1st of 156 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,511 ha | — |
| 1962 | 86,739 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 86,704 ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 103,948 ha | +19.9% |
| 1965 | 109,824 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 115,944 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 122,787 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 124,553 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 124,987 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 131,412 ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 133,538 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 142,619 ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 146,182 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 155,419 ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 156,664 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 157,535 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 163,260 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 169,549 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 236,849 ha | +39.7% |
| 1980 | 269,446 ha | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 284,202 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 326,381 ha | +14.8% |
| 1983 | 354,056 ha | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 397,302 ha | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 549,516 ha | +38.3% |
| 1986 | 706,046 ha | +28.5% |
| 1987 | 902,338 ha | +27.8% |
| 1988 | 970,214 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 1.09 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 1.10 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 1.16 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 1.12 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 1.17 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.16 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1.25 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 1.31 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 1.34 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1.30 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 1.32 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.30 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 1.36 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 1.44 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1.54 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 1.66 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 1.76 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 1.82 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 2.06 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 2.03 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 2.19 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 2.24 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 2.31 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 2.33 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 2.45 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 2.55 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 2.54 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 2.60 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.59 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 2.71 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 3.06 million ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 3.02 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 3.14 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 3.32 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 3.28 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 3.26 million ha | -0.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3.26 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 445.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- China's 3.26 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,684 ha, 424.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +39.7% | 169,549 ha | 236,849 ha |
| 1985 | +38.3% | 397,302 ha | 549,516 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,222 ha | 80,511 ha | 124,987 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 159,303 ha | 131,412 ha | 236,849 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 585,098 ha | 269,446 ha | 1.09 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.72 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 2.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.54 million ha | 2.24 million ha | 3.06 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.21 million ha | 3.02 million ha | 3.32 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in China?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in China was 3.26 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3.32 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,511 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.