Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in China
China: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 746,797 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 746,797 ha for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in China peaked at 759,416 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 300,000 ha, in 1985.
That places China 4th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 300,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 320,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 365,000 ha | +14.1% |
| 1988 | 365,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 365,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 390,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 420,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 405,990 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 425,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 417,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 395,460 ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 395,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 407,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 407,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 417,970 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 421,380 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 416,670 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 428,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 435,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 454,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 464,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 477,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 476,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 517,150 ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 536,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 576,960 ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 597,770 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 650,850 ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 685,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 678,148 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 715,200 ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 701,244 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 703,097 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 693,838 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 707,102 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 745,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 746,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 722,550 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 759,416 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 746,797 ha | -1.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 746,797 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,783 ha, 7.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- China's 746,797 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 573,309 ha, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 343,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 365,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 408,122 ha | 390,000 ha | 425,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 462,810 ha | 416,670 ha | 536,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 671,011 ha | 576,960 ha | 715,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 743,953 ha | 722,550 ha | 759,416 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Thailand 3.60 million ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 3.15 million ha compare
- 3 Malaysia 1.13 million ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 734,821 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 746,797 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 196,534 ha compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 million ha compare
- 6 Myanmar 399,821 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,456 ha compare
- 7 India 383,995 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in China?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in China was 746,797 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 759,416 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 300,000 ha in 1985.
- How does China rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.