Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland
China, mainland: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 181,768 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 181,768 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in China, mainland peaked at 203,843 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 181,768 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places China, mainland 2nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 203,843 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 202,216 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 201,160 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 200,502 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 200,333 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 200,296 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 200,703 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 202,277 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 202,912 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 203,042 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 202,775 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 202,082 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 201,367 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 200,794 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 200,334 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 199,198 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 198,700 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 198,091 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 197,095 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 195,583 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 194,224 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 193,346 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 192,823 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 192,434 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 190,275 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 187,726 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 186,512 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 184,287 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 183,893 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 182,805 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 181,768 1000 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 201,416 1000 ha | 200,296 1000 ha | 203,843 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 200,930 1000 ha | 198,091 1000 ha | 203,042 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 191,430 1000 ha | 184,287 1000 ha | 197,095 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 182,822 1000 ha | 181,768 1000 ha | 183,893 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 China 182,511 1000 ha compare
- 3 India 172,719 1000 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 29,577 1000 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23,553 1000 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 158,557 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 144,093 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 20,664 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,591 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in China, mainland?
- Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in China, mainland was 181,768 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 203,843 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 181,768 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does China, mainland rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. 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 Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.