True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested was 18,811 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 18,811 ha for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 144.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 167,000 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 5,110 ha, in 2010.
China, mainland ranks 3rd of 33 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 120,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 130,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 153,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 155,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 157,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 157,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 160,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 163,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 165,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 167,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 165,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 164,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 162,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 160,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 159,700 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 155,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 120,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 1981 | 95,000 ha | -20.8% |
| 1982 | 66,000 ha | -30.5% |
| 1983 | 40,690 ha | -38.3% |
| 1984 | 43,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 46,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 63,000 ha | +37.0% |
| 1987 | 53,000 ha | -15.9% |
| 1988 | 53,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 24,000 ha | -54.7% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 18,200 ha | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 18,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 19,500 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 17,000 ha | -12.8% |
| 1995 | 16,010 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 14,970 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 14,630 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 12,160 ha | -16.9% |
| 1999 | 9,040 ha | -25.7% |
| 2000 | 12,850 ha | +42.1% |
| 2001 | 12,310 ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 14,890 ha | +21.0% |
| 2003 | 9,920 ha | -33.4% |
| 2004 | 19,920 ha | +100.8% |
| 2005 | 10,830 ha | -45.6% |
| 2006 | 19,170 ha | +77.0% |
| 2007 | 17,820 ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 11,780 ha | -33.9% |
| 2009 | 5,920 ha | -49.7% |
| 2010 | 5,110 ha | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 5,710 ha | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 5,280 ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 6,500 ha | +23.1% |
| 2014 | 7,700 ha | +18.5% |
| 2015 | 5,830 ha | -24.3% |
| 2016 | 13,670 ha | +134.5% |
| 2017 | 21,900 ha | +60.2% |
| 2018 | 18,560 ha | -15.3% |
| 2019 | 18,043 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 19,501 ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 18,701 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 18,749 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 18,984 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 18,811 ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133,556 ha | 90,000 ha | 157,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 162,070 ha | 155,000 ha | 167,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,369 ha | 24,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,081 ha | 9,040 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,541 ha | 5,920 ha | 19,920 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,830 ha | 5,110 ha | 21,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,949 ha | 18,701 ha | 19,501 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in China, mainland?
- True hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in China, mainland was 18,811 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 167,000 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,110 ha in 2010.
- How does China, mainland rank for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 3rd out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.3%. 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 True hemp, raw or retted — 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.