Wheat — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Wheat — Area harvested was 23.59 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in China, mainland is 23.59 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 30.95 million ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 21.63 million ha, in 2004.
China, mainland ranks 5th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25.55 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 24.05 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 23.75 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 25.38 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 24.68 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 23.89 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 25.27 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 24.63 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 25.14 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 25.43 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 25.61 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 26.28 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 26.41 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 27.03 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 27.63 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 28.38 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 28.04 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 29.18 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 29.32 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 29.19 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 28.28 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 27.93 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 29.05 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 29.58 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 29.22 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 29.62 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 28.80 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 28.78 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 29.84 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 30.75 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 30.95 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 30.50 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 30.23 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 28.98 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 28.86 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 29.61 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 30.06 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 29.78 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 28.86 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 26.65 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 24.66 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 23.91 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 22.00 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 21.63 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 22.79 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 23.61 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 23.72 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 23.62 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 24.29 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 24.26 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 24.27 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 24.27 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 24.12 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 24.07 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 24.60 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 24.70 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 24.48 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 24.27 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 23.73 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 23.38 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 23.57 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 23.52 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 23.63 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 23.59 million ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.71 million ha | 23.75 million ha | 25.55 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.33 million ha | 25.43 million ha | 29.32 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.03 million ha | 27.93 million ha | 29.84 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.86 million ha | 28.86 million ha | 30.95 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.69 million ha | 21.63 million ha | 26.65 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.27 million ha | 23.73 million ha | 24.70 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.54 million ha | 23.38 million ha | 23.63 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 2 India 31.83 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 6.93 million ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.46 million ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 26.95 million ha compare
- 4 China 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 1.28 million ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 368,254 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 13.11 million ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 203,162 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 13.07 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 13.06 million ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 86,500 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Wheat — area harvested in China, mainland was 23.59 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 30.95 million ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.63 million ha in 2004.
- How does China, mainland rank for wheat — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 5th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.