Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in China
China: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 7.30 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 7.30 million ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in China peaked at 12.57 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 6.73 million ha, in 2019.
That places China 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12.31 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 12.57 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 10.94 million ha | -12.9% |
| 1964 | 11.68 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 11.13 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 12.06 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 11.14 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1968 | 10.76 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 10.90 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 11.18 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 10.87 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 11.81 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 11.77 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 11.52 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 11.41 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 10.78 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 11.63 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 12.20 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 11.33 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 10.55 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 10.01 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 9.76 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 9.78 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 9.38 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 8.95 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 9.04 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 9.22 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 9.40 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 9.43 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 9.44 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 9.40 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 9.57 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 9.63 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 9.60 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 9.85 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 10.13 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 10.12 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 10.34 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 10.69 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 10.88 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 10.56 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 10.23 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 10.06 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 9.80 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 9.86 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 8.24 million ha | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 8.38 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 8.66 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 8.47 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 8.41 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 8.38 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 8.21 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 8.12 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 7.95 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 7.71 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 7.65 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 7.59 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 7.54 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 6.73 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 7.41 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 7.38 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 7.26 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 7.31 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 7.30 million ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.50 million ha | 10.76 million ha | 12.57 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.45 million ha | 10.78 million ha | 12.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.55 million ha | 8.95 million ha | 10.55 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.87 million ha | 9.40 million ha | 10.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.51 million ha | 8.24 million ha | 10.88 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.83 million ha | 6.73 million ha | 8.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.33 million ha | 7.26 million ha | 7.41 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Nigeria 21.97 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 7.28 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.03 million ha compare
- 4 USSR 6.01 million ha compare
- 5 India 2.65 million 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in China?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in China was 7.30 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 12.57 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.73 million ha in 2019.
- How does China rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- China ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.