Rice — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Rice — Area harvested was 250,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, Taiwan Province of recorded 250,000 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.4% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 792,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 222,413 ha, in 2023.
That places China, Taiwan Province of 32nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 780,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 792,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 792,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 763,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 771,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 787,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 786,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 789,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 785,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 775,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 752,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 740,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 723,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 777,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 789,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 786,343 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 777,609 ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 752,308 ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 720,612 ha | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 637,437 ha | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 667,082 ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 659,379 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 645,479 ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 586,692 ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 563,678 ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 531,561 ha | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 501,492 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 471,065 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 475,454 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 454,266 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 428,802 ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 397,150 ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 390,927 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 365,837 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 363,479 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 347,762 ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 364,200 ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 357,700 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 353,100 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 339,600 ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 331,619 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 306,800 ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 272,124 ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 237,015 ha | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 269,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 263,190 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 260,116 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 252,292 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 254,590 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 243,862 ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 254,255 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 260,763 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 270,165 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 271,051 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 251,861 ha | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 273,837 ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 274,677 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 271,506 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 270,066 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 261,784 ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 224,022 ha | -14.4% |
| 2022 | 238,701 ha | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 222,413 ha | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 250,000 ha | +12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 782,778 ha | 763,000 ha | 792,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 759,287 ha | 720,612 ha | 789,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 573,932 ha | 471,065 ha | 667,082 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 382,322 ha | 347,762 ha | 454,266 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 278,635 ha | 237,015 ha | 339,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 264,204 ha | 243,862 ha | 274,677 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 239,384 ha | 222,413 ha | 261,784 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Rice — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of was 250,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 792,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 222,413 ha in 2023.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for rice — area harvested?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 32nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — 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.