Hempseed — Area harvested in China
China: Hempseed — Area harvested was 21,000 ha in 1990. ▼ Falling
Hempseed — Area harvested in China, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 21,000 ha for hempseed — area harvested in 1990. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 12.5% on the previous year and down 82.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hempseed — area harvested in China peaked at 167,000 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 21,000 ha, in 1990.
China ranks 1st of 22 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133,556 ha | 90,000 ha | 157,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 162,070 ha | 155,000 ha | 167,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,369 ha | 24,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 China, mainland 21,000 ha compare
- 3 USSR 17,900 ha compare
- 4 Canada 14,500 ha
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hempseed — area harvested in China?
- Hempseed — area harvested in China was 21,000 ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hempseed — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 167,000 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest hempseed — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 ha in 1990.
- How does China rank for hempseed — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 22 countries with data for 1990.
- Is hempseed — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hempseed — 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.