Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in China
China: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 20,299 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in China, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in China stood at 20,299 ha.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in China peaked at 21,331 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1996.
China ranks 13th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,192 ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 3,000 ha | +36.9% |
| 1993 | 3,578 ha | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 3,300 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 3,318 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 2003 | 1,378 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 1,456 ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 3,500 ha | +133.3% |
| 2007 | 5,300 ha | +51.4% |
| 2008 | 6,800 ha | +28.3% |
| 2009 | 6,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 8,000 ha | +19.4% |
| 2011 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 11,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 18,093 ha | +64.5% |
| 2015 | 16,071 ha | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 16,652 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 18,267 ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 19,714 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 21,331 ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 19,771 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 20,272 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 20,458 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 20,167 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 20,299 ha | +0.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 20,299 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 ha, 8.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- China's 20,299 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,538 ha, 1.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +133.3% | 1,500 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 1996 | -100.0% | 3,318 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,484 ha | 0 ha | 3,578 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 3,517 ha | 1,378 ha | 6,800 ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 14,763 ha | 8,000 ha | 21,331 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,193 ha | 19,771 ha | 20,458 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 76,532 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 25,110 ha compare
- 11 Japan 20,874 ha compare
- 12 France 20,568 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 20,299 ha compare
- 15 Canada 16,070 ha compare
- 16 Greece 15,436 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in China?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in China was 20,299 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 21,331 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1996.
- How does China rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- China ranks 13th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.