Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in China
China: Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 32,943 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in China stood at 32,943 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in China peaked at 33,106 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1966.
That places China 5th out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 30 ha | -40.0% |
| 1967 | 44 ha | +46.7% |
| 1968 | 40 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 70 ha | +27.3% |
| 1972 | 90 ha | +28.6% |
| 1973 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 18,120 ha | +16372.7% |
| 1986 | 18,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18,125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 18,130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,133 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,566 ha | -19.7% |
| 1991 | 14,972 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 15,375 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 16,097 ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 16,476 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 17,176 ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 18,242 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 18,235 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 18,641 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 19,140 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 20,135 ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 21,135 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 22,134 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 23,099 ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 24,128 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 24,505 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 25,147 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 26,647 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 27,133 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 28,119 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 29,130 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 29,375 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 29,130 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 30,130 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 30,522 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 31,466 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 32,018 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 31,334 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 31,429 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 31,983 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 32,442 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 32,899 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 32,826 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 33,106 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 32,943 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46 ha | 30 ha | 50 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85.5 ha | 55 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,114 ha | 100 ha | 18,133 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,892 ha | 14,566 ha | 19,140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,218 ha | 20,135 ha | 28,119 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,652 ha | 29,130 ha | 32,018 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,843 ha | 32,442 ha | 33,106 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in China?
- Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested in China was 32,943 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 33,106 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1966.
- How does China rank for other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- China ranks 5th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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 Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. — 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.