Mustard seed — Area harvested in China
China: Mustard seed — Area harvested was 23,750 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Mustard seed — Area harvested in China, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 23,750 ha for mustard seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — area harvested in China peaked at 40,000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1988.
That places China 8th out of 31 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Mustard seed — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1989 | 4,500 ha | +125.0% |
| 1990 | 8,500 ha | +88.9% |
| 1991 | 10,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1992 | 17,000 ha | +70.0% |
| 1993 | 35,000 ha | +105.9% |
| 1994 | 30,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 25,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 30,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 33,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 40,000 ha | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 30,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 25,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 23,842 ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 26,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 20,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2006 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 22,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 24,661 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 24,090 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 23,164 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 22,994 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 23,702 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 23,757 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 23,719 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 24,033 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 23,644 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 23,530 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 23,702 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 23,746 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 23,689 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 23,718 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 23,750 ha | +0.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 23,750 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,248 ha, 1.9× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mustard seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +125.0% | 2,000 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 1993 | +105.9% | 17,000 ha | 35,000 ha |
| 1990 | +88.9% | 4,500 ha | 8,500 ha |
| 1992 | +70.0% | 10,000 ha | 17,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,250 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 25,850 ha | 8,500 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,284 ha | 19,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,729 ha | 22,994 ha | 24,661 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,721 ha | 23,689 ha | 23,750 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 mustard seed — area harvested in China?
- Mustard seed — area harvested in China was 23,750 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1988.
- How does China rank for mustard seed — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th out of 31 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Mustard seed — 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.