True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested was 18,811 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in China (People’s Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of) stood at 18,811 ha.
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 (People’s Republic of) peaked at 167,000 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 5,110 ha, in 2010.
That places China (People’s Republic of) 3rd out of 33 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.
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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More agriculture & rural data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of)?
- True hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in China (People’s Republic of) 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 (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 167,000 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,110 ha in 2010.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 3rd out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.3%. 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 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.