Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in China
China: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 27.60 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in China is 27.60 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in China peaked at 30.26 million ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 16.62 million ha, in 1977.
China ranks 3rd of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17.48 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 16.73 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 18.14 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 19.72 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 18.34 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 18.11 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 18.28 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 17.53 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 17.33 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 17.11 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 17.11 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 17.32 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 17.19 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 17.10 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 17.09 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 16.79 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 16.62 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 17.64 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 18.09 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 19.21 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 21.58 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1982 | 22.82 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 21.24 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 22.14 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 23.51 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 23.22 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 24.04 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 23.87 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 23.23 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 23.68 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 25.29 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 25.89 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 25.83 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 27.21 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 27.09 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 25.24 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 25.81 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 26.37 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 26.10 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 29.11 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 29.42 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 28.19 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 29.84 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 30.26 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 29.59 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 28.01 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 26.76 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 28.50 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 28.73 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 27.51 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 27.00 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 26.05 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 25.41 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 25.37 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 23.88 million ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 23.49 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 26.47 million ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 24.84 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 25.86 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 26.34 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 24.92 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 26.72 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 27.53 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 27.60 million ha | +0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 27.60 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 1271.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- China's 27.60 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79,726 ha, 346.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.96 million ha | 16.73 million ha | 19.72 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.20 million ha | 16.62 million ha | 18.09 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.49 million ha | 19.21 million ha | 24.04 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.85 million ha | 23.68 million ha | 27.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.84 million ha | 26.76 million ha | 30.26 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.59 million ha | 23.49 million ha | 27.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.62 million ha | 24.92 million ha | 27.60 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Brazil 49.51 million ha compare
- 2 India 43.43 million ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 27.55 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 3.06 million ha compare
- 5 Argentina 19.34 million ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 18.44 million ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1.62 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0314 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0951 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0082 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3742 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in China?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in China was 27.60 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 30.26 million ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.62 million ha in 1977.
- How does China rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.