Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested was 5,612 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of) is 5,612 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 5,796 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 750 ha, in 1977.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd of 61 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,174 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,212 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 2,149 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 1,957 ha | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 1,897 ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 1,982 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 1,582 ha | -20.2% |
| 1968 | 1,637 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 2,152 ha | +31.5% |
| 1970 | 1,438 ha | -33.2% |
| 1971 | 1,578 ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 1,422 ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 1,517 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 1,192 ha | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 1,049 ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 771 ha | -26.5% |
| 1977 | 750 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 836 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 964 ha | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 1,088 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 999 ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 996 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 930 ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 1,224 ha | +31.6% |
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 1,256 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,190 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 3,343 ha | +180.9% |
| 1989 | 3,704 ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 3,142 ha | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 3,295 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 3,480 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 3,352 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 3,321 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 3,194 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 3,165 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 3,158 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 3,341 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 3,491 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 3,610 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 3,814 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 4,002 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 4,280 ha | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 4,329 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 4,248 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 4,529 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 4,813 ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 5,025 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 5,209 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 5,209 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,363 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 5,406 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 5,456 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 5,565 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 5,796 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 5,390 ha | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 5,556 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 5,605 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 5,723 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 5,769 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 5,651 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 5,697 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 5,648 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 5,612 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,971 ha | 1,582 ha | 2,212 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,152 ha | 750 ha | 1,578 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,603 ha | 930 ha | 3,704 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,294 ha | 3,142 ha | 3,491 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,386 ha | 3,610 ha | 5,209 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,507 ha | 5,209 ha | 5,796 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,675 ha | 5,612 ha | 5,769 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China (People’s Republic of)
- 1 Indonesia 58,168 ha compare
- 2 Rwanda 14,956 ha compare
- 4 France 5,460 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 4,936 ha compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 3,961 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China (People’s Republic of)
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of) was 5,612 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 5,796 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 750 ha in 1977.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — 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.