String beans — Area harvested in China
China: String beans — Area harvested was 679 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
String beans — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 679 ha for string beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, string beans — area harvested in China peaked at 5,188 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 679 ha, in 2024.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
String beans — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,552 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,558 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 2,708 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 2,862 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 2,949 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 2,965 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 3,059 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 2,891 ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 4,244 ha | +46.8% |
| 1970 | 3,082 ha | -27.4% |
| 1971 | 3,028 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 3,055 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 3,485 ha | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 4,165 ha | +19.5% |
| 1975 | 3,946 ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 4,073 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 4,132 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 4,507 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 4,556 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 4,695 ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 5,047 ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 5,188 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 4,943 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 4,670 ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 5,043 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 5,012 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 4,863 ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 4,332 ha | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 2,516 ha | -41.9% |
| 1990 | 2,226 ha | -11.5% |
| 1991 | 2,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 1,977 ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 2,068 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 1,741 ha | -15.8% |
| 1995 | 1,819 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 1,737 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 2,179 ha | +25.4% |
| 1998 | 2,203 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 1,868 ha | -15.2% |
| 2000 | 1,894 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1,989 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 1,705 ha | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 1,633 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 1,530 ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 1,284 ha | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 1,445 ha | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 1,422 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,342 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 1,341 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,137 ha | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 1,017 ha | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 980 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 853 ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 826 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 889 ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 897 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 900 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 920 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 855 ha | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 859 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 876 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 867 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 714 ha | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 679 ha | -4.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 679 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,267 ha, 16% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- China's 679 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,572 ha, 15% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where String beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +46.8% | 2,891 ha | 4,244 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,976 ha | 2,552 ha | 4,244 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,803 ha | 3,028 ha | 4,556 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,631 ha | 2,516 ha | 5,188 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,002 ha | 1,737 ha | 2,226 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,558 ha | 1,284 ha | 1,989 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 927.4 ha | 826 ha | 1,137 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 799 ha | 679 ha | 876 ha | 5 |
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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 string beans — area harvested in China?
- String beans — area harvested in China was 679 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest string beans — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 5,188 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest string beans — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 679 ha in 2024.
- How does China rank for string beans — area harvested?
- China ranks 12th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is string beans — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. 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 String beans — 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.