Persimmons — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Persimmons — Area harvested is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 1.14 million ha in China; the lowest is 10 ha in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,571 ha, and the mean is 107,952 ha.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 426.6%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 62.5%).
Persimmons — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.14 million ha | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 1.13 million ha | 2024 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 23,423 ha | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Spain | 18,526 ha | 2017 | up 426.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 17,200 ha | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 12,072 ha | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 8,980 ha | 2024 | up 335.5% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 8,110 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 9 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,042 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 3,131 ha | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 2,726 ha | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 12 | Italy | 2,416 ha | 2017 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,989 ha | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Israel | 737 ha | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 524 ha | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia | 415 ha | 2024 | up 176.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Nepal | 372 ha | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 18 | New Zealand | 109 ha | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Slovenia | 107 ha | 2017 | up 234.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Chile | 84 ha | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 12 ha | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 10 ha | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.22 million ha
- Asia 1.21 million ha
- Eastern Asia 1.18 million ha
- Western Asia 21,790 ha
- Southern Europe 21,049 ha
- Europe 21,049 ha
- European Union (27) 21,049 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15,587 ha
- Americas 8,204 ha
- South America 8,194 ha
- Southern Asia 5,099 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3,503 ha
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.