Asia vs USSR: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested

Asia
787,815 ha
in 2024
USSR
160,000 ha
in 1991
Asia rank
1st
USSR rank
3rd

Carrots and turnips — Area harvested over time

  • Asia
  • USSR
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How they compare

Asia currently reports 787,815 ha against 160,000 ha in USSR, a difference of 627,815 ha.

That makes Asia's figure about 4.9 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

Asia ranks 1st and USSR ranks 3rd of 13 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 3 and USSR in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 94,737 ha 93,111 ha 1,626 ha Asia
1970s 112,220 ha 116,090 ha 3,870 ha USSR
1980s 149,804 ha 142,370 ha 7,434 ha Asia
1990s 193,974 ha 149,000 ha 44,974 ha Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carrots and turnips — area harvested, Asia or USSR?
Asia, at 787,815 ha against 160,000 ha in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in carrots and turnips — area harvested between Asia and USSR?
627,815 ha, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Asia and USSR rank globally for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
Asia ranks 1st and USSR ranks 3rd of 13 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
174 places, 8,626 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.