World Bank · Agriculture
China: Permanent cropland
2.15percent · 2024+28.1% since 2014
Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Annual figures for China from 1961 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.145 | |
| 2023 | 2.105 | |
| 2022 | 2.086 | |
| 2021 | 1.982 | |
| 2020 | 2.023 | |
| 2019 | 2.016 | |
| 2018 | 1.931 | |
| 2017 | 1.889 | |
| 2016 | 1.797 | |
| 2015 | 1.704 | |
| 2014 | 1.675 | |
| 2013 | 1.645 | |
| 2012 | 1.615 | |
| 2011 | 1.585 | |
| 2010 | 1.556 | |
| 2009 | 1.526 | |
| 2008 | 1.496 | |
| 2007 | 1.467 | |
| 2006 | 1.437 | |
| 2005 | 1.407 | |
| 2004 | 1.377 | |
| 2003 | 1.348 | |
| 2002 | 1.318 | |
| 2001 | 1.288 | |
| 2000 | 1.258 | |
| 1999 | 1.229 | |
| 1998 | 1.199 | |
| 1997 | 1.169 | |
| 1996 | 1.14 | |
| 1995 | 1.11 | |
| 1994 | 0.991 | |
| 1993 | 0.927 | |
| 1992 | 0.831 | |
| 1991 | 0.799 | |
| 1990 | 0.799 | |
| 1989 | 0.799 | |
| 1988 | 0.778 | |
| 1987 | 0.746 | |
| 1986 | 0.639 | |
| 1985 | 0.522 | |
| 1984 | 0.405 | |
| 1983 | 0.373 | |
| 1982 | 0.352 | |
| 1981 | 0.342 | |
| 1980 | 0.333 | |
| 1979 | 0.325 | |
| 1978 | 0.315 | |
| 1977 | 0.307 | |
| 1976 | 0.298 | |
| 1975 | 0.29 | |
| 1974 | 0.281 | |
| 1973 | 0.273 | |
| 1972 | 0.264 | |
| 1971 | 0.256 | |
| 1970 | 0.247 | |
| 1969 | 0.239 | |
| 1968 | 0.23 | |
| 1967 | 0.222 | |
| 1966 | 0.213 | |
| 1965 | 0.208 | |
| 1964 | 0.202 | |
| 1963 | 0.197 | |
| 1962 | 0.192 | |
| 1961 | 0.186 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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World Bank (2026). Permanent cropland. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-permanent-cropland (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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- Equatorial Guinea
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- Eswatini
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- French Polynesia
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- Gambia
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