Papayas — Area harvested in China
China: Papayas — Area harvested was 11,010 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 11,010 ha for papayas — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in China peaked at 11,010 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 520 ha, in 1961.
That places China 8th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Papayas — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520 ha | — |
| 1962 | 520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 530 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 580 ha | +9.4% |
| 1965 | 630 ha | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 763 ha | +21.1% |
| 1967 | 790 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 885 ha | +12.0% |
| 1969 | 907 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 935 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 928 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 915 ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 1,071 ha | +17.0% |
| 1974 | 1,192 ha | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 1,259 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 1,106 ha | -12.2% |
| 1977 | 1,081 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 1,183 ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 2,098 ha | +77.3% |
| 1980 | 2,280 ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 2,222 ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 1,618 ha | -27.2% |
| 1983 | 2,423 ha | +49.8% |
| 1984 | 3,131 ha | +29.2% |
| 1985 | 3,543 ha | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 4,818 ha | +36.0% |
| 1987 | 5,146 ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 4,207 ha | -18.2% |
| 1989 | 3,100 ha | -26.3% |
| 1990 | 3,291 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 4,246 ha | +29.0% |
| 1992 | 4,454 ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 4,533 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 4,261 ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 4,250 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 4,271 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 4,393 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 4,726 ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 5,187 ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 5,296 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 5,380 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 5,274 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 5,745 ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 5,743 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,663 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 5,652 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5,686 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 6,712 ha | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 7,079 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 7,601 ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 7,857 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 7,865 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 7,774 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 7,913 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 8,405 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 8,776 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 9,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 9,486 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 9,907 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 10,289 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 10,680 ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 10,602 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 10,736 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 11,010 ha | +2.6% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 11,010 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,332 ha, 4.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- China's 11,010 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,544 ha, 7.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +77.3% | 1,183 ha | 2,098 ha |
| 1983 | +49.8% | 1,618 ha | 2,423 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 680.56 ha | 520 ha | 907 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,177 ha | 915 ha | 2,098 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,249 ha | 1,618 ha | 5,146 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,361 ha | 3,291 ha | 5,187 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,823 ha | 5,274 ha | 7,079 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,458 ha | 7,601 ha | 9,907 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,663 ha | 10,289 ha | 11,010 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,241 ha compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 14,229 ha compare
- 6 Peru 12,424 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 9,577 ha compare
- 7 Indonesia 12,100 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8,868 ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,242 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,342 ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 8,515 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 7,766 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 464 ha compare
- 11 Kenya 7,722 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 365 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 papayas — area harvested in China?
- Papayas — area harvested in China was 11,010 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 11,010 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 520 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for papayas — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.1%. 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 Papayas — 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.