Japan vs Western Europe: Apricots — Area harvested
Apricots — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Western Europe
How they compare
Japan currently reports 12,900 ha against 12,384 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 516 ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Western Europe ahead.
Japan ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 15th of 80 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,300 ha | 18,979 ha | 1,679 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 17,600 ha | 16,602 ha | 998.2 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 15,820 ha | 14,038 ha | 1,782 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 13,500 ha | 13,243 ha | 257 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apricots — area harvested, Japan or Western Europe?
- Japan, at 12,900 ha against 12,384 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apricots — area harvested between Japan and Western Europe?
- 516 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Europe?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Europe rank globally for apricots — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 15th of 80 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apricots — 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.