Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in China
China: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 813,704 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in China stood at 813,704 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in China peaked at 981,747 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 177,009 ha, in 1970.
That places China 1st out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 491,886 ha | — |
| 1962 | 351,904 ha | -28.5% |
| 1963 | 301,955 ha | -14.2% |
| 1964 | 271,915 ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 271,898 ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 261,818 ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 262,054 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 256,885 ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 256,984 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 177,009 ha | -31.1% |
| 1971 | 201,978 ha | +14.1% |
| 1972 | 196,932 ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 217,016 ha | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 207,435 ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 217,253 ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 217,422 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 227,546 ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 237,266 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 232,332 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 232,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 252,808 ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 278,473 ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 282,343 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 287,498 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 290,619 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 292,341 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 297,462 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 299,938 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 301,628 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 306,583 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 311,435 ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 291,362 ha | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 371,241 ha | +27.4% |
| 1994 | 431,219 ha | +16.2% |
| 1995 | 456,318 ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 531,236 ha | +16.4% |
| 1997 | 581,414 ha | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 601,652 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 651,862 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 735,690 ha | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 781,647 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 823,722 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 851,627 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 901,571 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 951,440 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 981,747 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 751,501 ha | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 702,135 ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 738,797 ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 761,441 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 737,416 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 776,500 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 788,146 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 804,125 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 789,623 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 785,723 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 785,460 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 782,213 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 784,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 787,824 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 810,301 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 823,727 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 807,214 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 813,704 ha | +0.8% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 813,704 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,258 ha, 646.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- China's 813,704 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,866 ha, 436.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | -31.1% | 256,984 ha | 177,009 ha |
| 1962 | -28.5% | 491,886 ha | 351,904 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 303,033 ha | 256,885 ha | 491,886 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 213,219 ha | 177,009 ha | 237,266 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 281,571 ha | 232,600 ha | 301,628 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 453,432 ha | 291,362 ha | 651,862 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 821,988 ha | 702,135 ha | 981,747 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 779,495 ha | 737,416 ha | 804,125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 808,554 ha | 787,824 ha | 823,727 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 812,423 ha compare
- 3 India 683,138 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,753 ha compare
- 4 Egypt 60,350 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 16,073 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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in China?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in China was 813,704 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 981,747 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 177,009 ha in 1970.
- How does China rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.