China vs Western Europe: Beans, dry — Area harvested
Beans, dry — Area harvested over time
- China
- Western Europe
How they compare
China currently reports 738,345 ha against 6,047 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 732,298 ha.
That makes China's figure about 122.1 times Western Europe's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 9th and Western Europe ranks 28th of 129 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.77 million ha | 70,799 ha | 2.70 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 1.81 million ha | 33,497 ha | 1.78 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 1.49 million ha | 17,505 ha | 1.47 million ha | China |
| 1990s | 1.23 million ha | 7,036 ha | 1.22 million ha | China |
| 2000s | 1.15 million ha | 4,398 ha | 1.15 million ha | China |
| 2010s | 747,971 ha | 5,536 ha | 742,435 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beans, dry — area harvested, China or Western Europe?
- China, at 738,345 ha against 6,047 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in beans, dry — area harvested between China and Western Europe?
- 732,298 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Europe?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do China and Western Europe rank globally for beans, dry — area harvested?
- China ranks 9th and Western Europe ranks 28th of 129 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Beans, dry — 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.