Green garlic — Area harvested in China
China: Green garlic — Area harvested was 838,317 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green garlic — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green garlic — area harvested in China stood at 838,317 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green garlic — area harvested in China peaked at 842,397 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 184,639 ha, in 1970.
That places China 1st out of 102 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green garlic — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 563,868 ha | — |
| 1962 | 404,155 ha | -28.3% |
| 1963 | 349,348 ha | -13.6% |
| 1964 | 314,600 ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 314,183 ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 303,898 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 303,958 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 289,568 ha | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 289,643 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 184,639 ha | -36.3% |
| 1971 | 214,766 ha | +16.3% |
| 1972 | 205,899 ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 235,966 ha | +14.6% |
| 1974 | 226,021 ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 238,671 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 238,560 ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 254,243 ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 284,370 ha | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 280,870 ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 277,265 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 299,342 ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 329,391 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 331,115 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 330,150 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 329,624 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 339,572 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 340,089 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 341,869 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 347,073 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 321,921 ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 352,517 ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 354,718 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 387,772 ha | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 385,371 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 401,880 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 409,189 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 438,985 ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 457,321 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 487,828 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 559,833 ha | +14.8% |
| 2001 | 584,924 ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 627,428 ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 632,350 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 637,962 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 648,136 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 656,574 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 756,556 ha | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 822,140 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 779,232 ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 804,144 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 794,417 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 800,497 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 782,621 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 791,364 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 842,125 ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 804,867 ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 801,448 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 824,923 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 835,885 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 842,397 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 831,162 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 835,957 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 837,012 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 838,317 ha | +0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 838,317 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,278 ha, 655.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- China's 838,317 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,980 ha, 210.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green garlic — 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 | -36.3% | 289,643 ha | 184,639 ha |
| 1962 | -28.3% | 563,868 ha | 404,155 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 348,136 ha | 289,568 ha | 563,868 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 236,400 ha | 184,639 ha | 284,370 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 326,549 ha | 277,265 ha | 347,073 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 399,750 ha | 321,921 ha | 487,828 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 670,514 ha | 559,833 ha | 822,140 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 808,229 ha | 782,621 ha | 842,125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 836,969 ha | 831,162 ha | 842,397 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 China, mainland 833,381 ha compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,994 ha compare
- 3 India 387,000 ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 70,625 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,948 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 garlic — area harvested in China?
- Green garlic — area harvested in China was 838,317 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green garlic — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 842,397 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest green garlic — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 184,639 ha in 1970.
- How does China rank for green garlic — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 102 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green garlic — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Green garlic — 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.