Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested was 2.46 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China (People’s Republic of) recorded 2.46 million ha for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 2.51 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 52,358 ha, in 1961.
That places China (People’s Republic of) 1st out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,358 ha | — |
| 1962 | 59,338 ha | +13.3% |
| 1963 | 60,162 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 70,946 ha | +17.9% |
| 1965 | 73,817 ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 77,697 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 82,817 ha | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 83,610 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 82,266 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 89,101 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 90,463 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 96,204 ha | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 99,113 ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 104,507 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 105,430 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 107,927 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 110,353 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 114,785 ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 160,310 ha | +39.7% |
| 1980 | 181,585 ha | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 190,413 ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 217,057 ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 229,277 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 256,996 ha | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 359,592 ha | +39.9% |
| 1986 | 469,346 ha | +30.5% |
| 1987 | 599,310 ha | +27.7% |
| 1988 | 661,015 ha | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 707,938 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 727,677 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 800,063 ha | +9.9% |
| 1992 | 744,989 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 779,422 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 783,442 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 838,327 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 888,520 ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 898,425 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 934,733 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 913,589 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 904,961 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 942,272 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 999,739 ha | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 1.07 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 1.14 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 1.21 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 1.26 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 1.36 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 1.38 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1.41 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 1.51 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 1.52 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.60 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 1.57 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.64 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.70 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 1.71 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.84 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 2.20 million ha | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 2.19 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 2.32 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 2.51 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 2.47 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 2.46 million ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,446 ha | 52,358 ha | 83,610 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 107,819 ha | 89,101 ha | 160,310 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 387,253 ha | 181,585 ha | 707,938 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 830,919 ha | 727,677 ha | 934,733 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.16 million ha | 904,961 ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.67 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 2.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.39 million ha | 2.19 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of) was 2.46 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.51 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,358 ha in 1961.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — 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.