Vegetables Primary — Production in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Vegetables Primary — Production was 626.06 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
626.06 million t
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
2nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
626.06 million t
in 2024
All-time low
52.42 million t
in 1964
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Eastern Asia recorded 626.06 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 626.06 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.42 million t, in 1964.

Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Vegetables Primary — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 62.76 million t —
1962 60.93 million t -2.9%
1963 56.82 million t -6.8%
1964 52.42 million t -7.7%
1965 55.68 million t +6.2%
1966 56.03 million t +0.6%
1967 57.18 million t +2.0%
1968 60.84 million t +6.4%
1969 62.28 million t +2.4%
1970 54.68 million t -12.2%
1971 59.74 million t +9.3%
1972 56.56 million t -5.3%
1973 60.33 million t +6.7%
1974 60.96 million t +1.0%
1975 64.40 million t +5.7%
1976 65.61 million t +1.9%
1977 68.63 million t +4.6%
1978 75.57 million t +10.1%
1979 76.20 million t +0.8%
1980 74.12 million t -2.7%
1981 81.98 million t +10.6%
1982 87.43 million t +6.6%
1983 93.93 million t +7.4%
1984 104.13 million t +10.9%
1985 105.74 million t +1.5%
1986 123.03 million t +16.4%
1987 125.73 million t +2.2%
1988 133.39 million t +6.1%
1989 138.65 million t +3.9%
1990 144.67 million t +4.3%
1991 146.65 million t +1.4%
1992 158.99 million t +8.4%
1993 181.52 million t +14.2%
1994 196.98 million t +8.5%
1995 211.20 million t +7.2%
1996 230.00 million t +8.9%
1997 236.27 million t +2.7%
1998 244.45 million t +3.5%
1999 262.71 million t +7.5%
2000 331.81 million t +26.3%
2001 346.46 million t +4.4%
2002 369.80 million t +6.7%
2003 382.47 million t +3.4%
2004 391.85 million t +2.5%
2005 405.72 million t +3.5%
2006 421.85 million t +4.0%
2007 448.33 million t +6.3%
2008 472.04 million t +5.3%
2009 486.42 million t +3.0%
2010 500.85 million t +3.0%
2011 522.52 million t +4.3%
2012 530.91 million t +1.6%
2013 543.56 million t +2.4%
2014 557.66 million t +2.6%
2015 587.21 million t +5.3%
2016 582.47 million t -0.8%
2017 592.71 million t +1.8%
2018 602.18 million t +1.6%
2019 612.22 million t +1.7%
2020 611.25 million t -0.2%
2021 624.58 million t +2.2%
2022 622.82 million t -0.3%
2023 625.60 million t +0.4%
2024 626.06 million t +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 58.33 million t 52.42 million t 62.76 million t 9
1970s 64.27 million t 54.68 million t 76.20 million t 10
1980s 106.81 million t 74.12 million t 138.65 million t 10
1990s 201.34 million t 144.67 million t 262.71 million t 10
2000s 405.67 million t 331.81 million t 486.42 million t 10
2010s 563.23 million t 500.85 million t 612.22 million t 10
2020s 622.06 million t 611.25 million t 626.06 million t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 1 China 603.55 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 601.28 million t compare
  3. 3 India 146.00 million t compare
  4. 3 Türkiye 28.90 million t compare
  5. 4 USSR 26.31 million t compare
  6. 4 Viet Nam 18.25 million t compare
  7. 5 Egypt 19.06 million t compare
  8. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.47 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in Eastern Asia?
Vegetables primary — production in Eastern Asia was 626.06 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 626.06 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 52.42 million t in 1964.
How does Eastern Asia rank for vegetables primary — production?
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
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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.