Sugar beet — Area harvested in China
China: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 217,570 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — area harvested in China is 217,570 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 46.2% on the previous year and up 56.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in China peaked at 783,470 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 78,000 ha, in 1963.
China ranks 9th of 73 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155,244 ha | 78,000 ha | 206,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 290,290 ha | 198,700 ha | 356,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 527,525 ha | 435,600 ha | 745,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 627,951 ha | 340,980 ha | 783,470 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 264,503 ha | 186,290 ha | 424,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 186,103 ha | 96,000 ha | 235,780 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 176,634 ha | 141,100 ha | 217,570 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 6 Poland 277,920 ha compare
- 7 Egypt 264,840 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 253,600 ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 217,570 ha compare
- 11 Czechoslovakia 169,531 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 142,555 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in China?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in China was 217,570 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 783,470 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,000 ha in 1963.
- How does China rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- China ranks 9th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.8%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.