Central America vs Japan: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Japan
How they compare
Central America currently reports 62,557 ha against 33,403 ha in Japan, a difference of 29,154 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.9 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Central America ranks 20th and Japan ranks 19th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,702 ha | 64,433 ha | 52,732 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 33,889 ha | 54,540 ha | 20,651 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 53,642 ha | 53,750 ha | 108.3 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 64,029 ha | 49,170 ha | 14,859 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 61,849 ha | 41,170 ha | 20,679 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 67,819 ha | 37,010 ha | 30,809 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 64,785 ha | 34,841 ha | 29,945 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, Central America or Japan?
- Central America, at 62,557 ha against 33,403 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between Central America and Japan?
- 29,154 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Japan rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 20th and Japan ranks 19th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.