Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in China
China: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 1.03 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China recorded 1.03 million ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in China peaked at 2.36 million ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 317,704 ha, in 1961.
China ranks 1st of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 317,704 ha | — |
| 1962 | 347,521 ha | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 388,694 ha | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 408,688 ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 407,810 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 474,614 ha | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 510,004 ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 412,141 ha | -19.2% |
| 1969 | 410,952 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 394,053 ha | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 400,666 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 429,876 ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 451,826 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 478,921 ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 573,594 ha | +19.8% |
| 1976 | 677,257 ha | +18.1% |
| 1977 | 709,992 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 791,553 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 633,516 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 520,433 ha | -17.9% |
| 1981 | 765,477 ha | +47.1% |
| 1982 | 1.13 million ha | +48.1% |
| 1983 | 776,061 ha | -31.5% |
| 1984 | 906,075 ha | +16.8% |
| 1985 | 1.32 million ha | +45.9% |
| 1986 | 1.13 million ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 1.14 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.56 million ha | +37.5% |
| 1989 | 1.81 million ha | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 1.60 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1991 | 1.81 million ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 2.10 million ha | +15.9% |
| 1993 | 2.10 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.50 million ha | -28.6% |
| 1995 | 1.47 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.86 million ha | +25.9% |
| 1997 | 2.36 million ha | +26.9% |
| 1998 | 1.37 million ha | -42.1% |
| 1999 | 1.38 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1.44 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 1.34 million ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 1.33 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.27 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 1.27 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.36 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 1.34 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.16 million ha | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 1.33 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 1.39 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 1.35 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 1.46 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 1.60 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 1.62 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.46 million ha | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 1.20 million ha | -18.2% |
| 2016 | 1.15 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 1.08 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 1.00 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 1.03 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 1.01 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.04 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1.08 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 1.03 million ha | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 408,681 ha | 317,704 ha | 510,004 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 554,125 ha | 394,053 ha | 791,553 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 million ha | 520,433 ha | 1.81 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.75 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 2.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.30 million ha | 1.00 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in China?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in China was 1.03 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2.36 million ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 317,704 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.