Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 23.64 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 23.64 million ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 23.67 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.41 million ha, in 1970.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 207 countries on this measure, 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 | 3.67 million ha | 3.21 million ha | 4.92 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.88 million ha | 2.41 million ha | 3.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.85 million ha | 3.28 million ha | 6.61 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.86 million ha | 6.68 million ha | 14.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.48 million ha | 15.81 million ha | 20.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.47 million ha | 21.07 million ha | 23.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.63 million ha | 23.56 million ha | 23.67 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in China, mainland was 23.64 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 23.67 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.41 million ha in 1970.
- How does China, mainland rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.