Japan vs Northern Europe: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Japan currently reports 33,403 ha against 31,797 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 1,606 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 19th and Northern Europe ranks 21st of 96 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Northern Europe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,433 ha | 33,227 ha | 31,206 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 54,540 ha | 32,672 ha | 21,868 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 53,750 ha | 38,265 ha | 15,485 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 49,170 ha | 64,086 ha | 14,916 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 41,170 ha | 52,806 ha | 11,636 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2010s | 37,010 ha | 39,518 ha | 2,508 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2020s | 34,841 ha | 33,904 ha | 936.2 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, Japan or Northern Europe?
- Japan, at 33,403 ha against 31,797 ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between Japan and Northern Europe?
- 1,606 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Northern Europe rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th and Northern Europe ranks 21st 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.