Hop cones — Area harvested in China
China: Hop cones — Area harvested was 2,711 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Hop cones — Area harvested in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, hop cones — area harvested in China stood at 2,711 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hop cones — area harvested in China peaked at 7,750 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1985.
That places China 7th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Hop cones — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 3,500 ha | +40.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1990 | 6,200 ha | +24.0% |
| 1991 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,908 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 7,500 ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 7,144 ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 7,750 ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 2000 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 4,998 ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 5,630 ha | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 5,158 ha | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 3,752 ha | -27.3% |
| 2005 | 3,486 ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 3,544 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 3,600 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,471 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 3,156 ha | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 3,011 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 2,867 ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 2,762 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 2,700 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,760 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 2,785 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,745 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 2,666 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 2,732 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 2,714 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,704 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,717 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,711 ha | -0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2,711 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 405 ha, 6.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hop cones — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +53.8% | 1,300 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1989 | +42.9% | 3,500 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,860 ha | 1,300 ha | 5,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 6,900 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,287 ha | 3,486 ha | 5,630 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,892 ha | 2,666 ha | 3,471 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,716 ha | 2,704 ha | 2,732 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 hop cones — area harvested in China?
- Hop cones — area harvested in China was 2,711 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hop cones — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 7,750 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest hop cones — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1985.
- How does China rank for hop cones — area harvested?
- China ranks 7th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is hop cones — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. 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 Hop cones — 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.