Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in China
China: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 50,672 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in China is 50,672 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in China peaked at 55,000 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 41,000 ha, in 1991.
China ranks 20th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 55,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 53,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 50,500 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 50,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 47,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 43,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 41,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 42,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 43,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 45,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 45,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 48,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 48,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 50,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 47,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 48,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 50,352 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 49,576 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 49,416 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 49,407 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 50,057 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 50,413 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 50,571 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 50,383 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 50,437 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 50,554 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 50,672 ha | +0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 50,672 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 50% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- China's 50,672 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 175,126 ha, 29% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 51,200 ha | 47,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 41,800 ha | 41,000 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,100 ha | 45,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,322 ha | 47,000 ha | 50,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,523 ha | 50,383 ha | 50,672 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 17 Philippines 68,315 ha compare
- 18 Gabon 68,166 ha compare
- 19 Sierra Leone 51,556 ha compare
- 20 China, mainland 50,672 ha compare
- 22 Benin 42,069 ha compare
- 23 Cambodia 41,647 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in China?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in China was 50,672 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 55,000 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,000 ha in 1991.
- How does China rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- China ranks 20th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.