Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in China
China: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 712,573 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 712,573 ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in China peaked at 882,971 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 143,747 ha, in 1990.
That places China 3rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 146,800 ha | — |
| 1986 | 155,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 167,600 ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 179,400 ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 160,400 ha | -10.6% |
| 1990 | 143,747 ha | -10.4% |
| 1991 | 184,048 ha | +28.0% |
| 1992 | 183,367 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 260,327 ha | +42.0% |
| 1994 | 259,248 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 268,329 ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 275,059 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 293,878 ha | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 309,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 318,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 317,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 332,370 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 354,316 ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 373,108 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 408,473 ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 423,708 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 463,067 ha | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 508,339 ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 598,085 ha | +17.7% |
| 2009 | 651,620 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 769,244 ha | +18.1% |
| 2011 | 882,971 ha | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 598,233 ha | -32.2% |
| 2013 | 605,115 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 623,475 ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 637,646 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 649,921 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 625,142 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 588,963 ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 621,113 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 644,572 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 631,310 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 658,905 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 671,978 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 712,573 ha | +6.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 712,573 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,363 ha, 85.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- China's 712,573 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,072 ha, 78.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +42.0% | 183,367 ha | 260,327 ha |
| 2012 | -32.2% | 882,971 ha | 598,233 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 161,840 ha | 146,800 ha | 179,400 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 249,550 ha | 143,747 ha | 318,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 443,029 ha | 317,200 ha | 651,620 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 660,182 ha | 588,963 ha | 882,971 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 663,868 ha | 631,310 ha | 712,573 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 India 1.31 million ha compare
- 2 Spain 915,770 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 712,573 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 1.50 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.33 million ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 659,954 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 422,386 ha compare
- 6 Benin 493,004 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 287,250 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 treenuts, total — area harvested in China?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in China was 712,573 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 882,971 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 143,747 ha in 1990.
- How does China rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Treenuts, Total — 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.