Tomatoes — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 1.09 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 1.09 million ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 1.10 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 150,000 ha, in 1970.
That places China, mainland 2nd out of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 250,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 220,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 190,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 180,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 150,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 165,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 160,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 170,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 165,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 170,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 180,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 220,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 225,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 230,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 230,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 240,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 245,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 250,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 275,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 280,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 290,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 300,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 304,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 310,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 300,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 380,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1994 | 440,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 470,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 570,000 ha | +21.3% |
| 1997 | 615,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 705,000 ha | +14.6% |
| 1999 | 775,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 670,000 ha | -13.5% |
| 2001 | 730,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 780,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 870,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 880,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 900,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 860,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 900,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 846,400 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 916,700 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 947,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 954,920 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 949,510 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 980,100 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 998,140 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.02 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.07 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.09 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.10 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.09 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.09 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.09 million ha | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested in China, mainland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +26.7% | 300,000 ha | 380,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 228,889 ha | 180,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 177,500 ha | 150,000 ha | 225,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 264,000 ha | 230,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 486,900 ha | 300,000 ha | 775,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 835,310 ha | 670,000 ha | 916,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million ha | 947,000 ha | 1.09 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in China, mainland was 1.09 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 150,000 ha in 1970.
- How does China, mainland rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.