Spinach — Area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Spinach — Area harvested was 455 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR stood at 455 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 1,100 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1965.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 37th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 120 ha | -25.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 750 ha | +650.0% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 750 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 554 ha | -44.6% |
| 1976 | 534 ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 619 ha | +15.9% |
| 1978 | 530 ha | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 413 ha | -22.1% |
| 1980 | 367 ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 330 ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 360 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 370 ha | -9.8% |
| 1988 | 850 ha | +129.7% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 570 ha | -28.7% |
| 1991 | 650 ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 640 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 440 ha | -31.2% |
| 1994 | 663 ha | +50.7% |
| 1995 | 550 ha | -17.0% |
| 1996 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 562 ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 549 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 539 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 515 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 510 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 507 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 504 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 501 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 499 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 496 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 493 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 491 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 488 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 484 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 473 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 474 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 473 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 472 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 471 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 466 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 459 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 454 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 451 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 455 ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 432.22 ha | 100 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 795 ha | 413 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 463.7 ha | 330 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 576.3 ha | 440 ha | 663 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 504.5 ha | 493 ha | 520 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 482.6 ha | 471 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 457 ha | 451 ha | 466 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Spinach — area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR was 455 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1965.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for spinach — area harvested?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 37th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.