Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in China
China: Vanilla, raw — Area harvested was 2,733 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in China, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vanilla, raw — area harvested in China stood at 2,733 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 124.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vanilla, raw — area harvested in China peaked at 4,460 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1985.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vanilla, raw — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,018 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 1,063 ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 1,150 ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 1,088 ha | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 1,106 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1,200 ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 1,081 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,113 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 1,141 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 1,123 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 1,115 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,200 ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 1,295 ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 1,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 1,712 ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 1,726 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1,300 ha | -24.7% |
| 2011 | 4,460 ha | +243.1% |
| 2012 | 3,200 ha | -28.3% |
| 2013 | 2,600 ha | -18.8% |
| 2014 | 1,220 ha | -53.1% |
| 2015 | 3,600 ha | +195.1% |
| 2016 | 2,473 ha | -31.3% |
| 2017 | 2,431 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 2,787 ha | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 2,564 ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 2,838 ha | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 2,730 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 2,710 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,759 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 2,733 ha | -0.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2,733 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,870 ha, 1.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vanilla, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +243.1% | 1,300 ha | 4,460 ha |
| 2015 | +195.1% | 1,220 ha | 3,600 ha |
| 2014 | -53.1% | 2,600 ha | 1,220 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,102 ha | 1,018 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,351 ha | 1,115 ha | 1,726 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,664 ha | 1,220 ha | 4,460 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,754 ha | 2,710 ha | 2,838 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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 vanilla, raw — area harvested in China?
- Vanilla, raw — area harvested in China was 2,733 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 4,460 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest vanilla, raw — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1985.
- How does China rank for vanilla, raw — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vanilla, raw — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vanilla, raw — 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.