Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in China
China: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.49 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 1.49 million ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in China peaked at 2.04 million ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 334,900 ha, in 1962.
That places China 5th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 499,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 334,900 ha | -32.9% |
| 1963 | 360,482 ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 529,683 ha | +46.9% |
| 1965 | 635,928 ha | +20.1% |
| 1966 | 648,924 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 620,952 ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 590,948 ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 610,581 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 676,262 ha | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 738,603 ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 837,415 ha | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 892,326 ha | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 863,500 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 928,899 ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 1.01 million ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 981,672 ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 990,022 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 947,365 ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 1.03 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 1.09 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 1.22 million ha | +11.6% |
| 1983 | 1.29 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 1.32 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 1.61 million ha | +22.5% |
| 1986 | 1.54 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 1.42 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 1.74 million ha | +22.5% |
| 1989 | 1.60 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 1.75 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1991 | 2.01 million ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 1.97 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 1.75 million ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 1.82 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 1.88 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.90 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1.97 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 2.03 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 1.69 million ha | -17.0% |
| 2000 | 1.55 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 1.69 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 1.84 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 1.68 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 1.58 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 1.58 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.58 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.81 million ha | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 2.00 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 1.89 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 1.91 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1.96 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2.04 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 2.01 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.91 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 1.58 million ha | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 1.57 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.55 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.63 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 1.62 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.57 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 1.47 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 1.46 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.42 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 1.49 million ha | +4.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1.49 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34,880 ha, 42.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- China's 1.49 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 53,114 ha, 28.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 536,833 ha | 334,900 ha | 648,924 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 886,626 ha | 676,262 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.39 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.88 million ha | 1.69 million ha | 2.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.72 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.78 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.48 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 1.57 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 2 India 5.74 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 3.17 million ha compare
- 4 Thailand 1.49 million ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 324,286 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,210 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 1.48 million ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 184,287 ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 174,816 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in China?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in China was 1.49 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2.04 million ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 334,900 ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- China ranks 5th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.