Millet — Area harvested in China
China: Millet — Area harvested was 884,639 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in China stood at 884,639 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in China peaked at 7.51 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 551,890 ha, in 2016.
China ranks 11th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.40 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 6.46 million ha | -12.7% |
| 1963 | 7.51 million ha | +16.3% |
| 1964 | 7.11 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 6.57 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 7.01 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 7.01 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6.80 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 6.90 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 6.91 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 7.00 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 6.50 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 6.00 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 6.00 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 5.30 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 4.50 million ha | -15.1% |
| 1977 | 4.48 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 4.27 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 4.18 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 3.87 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 3.89 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 4.04 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 4.09 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 3.80 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 3.32 million ha | -12.6% |
| 1986 | 2.98 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1987 | 2.69 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1988 | 2.51 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 2.40 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 2.28 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 2.08 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 1.87 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 1.83 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 1.67 million ha | -8.8% |
| 1995 | 1.52 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 1.51 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.44 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 1.41 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.33 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 1.25 million ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 1.15 million ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 1.14 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.02 million ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 916,034 ha | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 849,662 ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 858,397 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 839,356 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 815,182 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 788,217 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 808,995 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 745,756 ha | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 736,294 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 716,010 ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 772,121 ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 839,698 ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 551,890 ha | -34.3% |
| 2017 | 861,312 ha | +56.1% |
| 2018 | 778,495 ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 830,906 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 906,064 ha | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 928,838 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 840,079 ha | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 853,870 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 884,639 ha | +3.6% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 884,639 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,746 ha, 236.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +56.1% | 551,890 ha | 861,312 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.97 million ha | 6.46 million ha | 7.51 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.52 million ha | 4.18 million ha | 7.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.36 million ha | 2.40 million ha | 4.09 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.70 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 2.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 963,032 ha | 788,217 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 764,148 ha | 551,890 ha | 861,312 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 882,698 ha | 840,079 ha | 928,838 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 8 Chad 1.16 million ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,071 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 1.10 million ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 994 ha compare
- 10 Senegal 1.00 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 321 ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 161 ha compare
- 12 China, mainland 884,322 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 104 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 455,000 ha compare
- 14 Namibia 268,803 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 millet — area harvested in China?
- Millet — area harvested in China was 884,639 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 7.51 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 551,890 ha in 2016.
- How does China rank for millet — area harvested?
- China ranks 11th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. 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 Millet — 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.