India vs Western Asia: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- India
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 321,544 ha against 304,130 ha in India, a difference of 17,414 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
India ranks 4th and Western Asia ranks 9th of 96 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 1 and Western Asia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,089 ha | 82,767 ha | 48,678 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 106,673 ha | 108,409 ha | 1,736 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 164,847 ha | 146,519 ha | 18,328 ha | India |
| 1990s | 207,513 ha | 276,731 ha | 69,218 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 240,850 ha | 289,180 ha | 48,330 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 302,894 ha | 314,995 ha | 12,101 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 309,226 ha | 330,480 ha | 21,254 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, India or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 321,544 ha against 304,130 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between India and Western Asia?
- 17,414 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Western Asia rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- India ranks 4th and Western Asia ranks 9th of 96 countries.
- 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.