Canada vs Northern America: Asparagus — Area harvested
Asparagus — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 7,229 ha against 2,494 ha in Canada, a difference of 4,735 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 2.9 times Canada's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 11th of 50 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,553 ha | 55,757 ha | 54,204 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 1,460 ha | 42,692 ha | 41,231 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 1,948 ha | 38,596 ha | 36,648 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 1,418 ha | 33,719 ha | 32,300 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 1,443 ha | 22,712 ha | 21,269 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 1,889 ha | 11,778 ha | 9,889 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 2,286 ha | 8,558 ha | 6,273 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher asparagus — area harvested, Canada or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 7,229 ha against 2,494 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in asparagus — area harvested between Canada and Northern America?
- 4,735 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Northern America rank globally for asparagus — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 11th of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Asparagus — 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.