Germany vs South America: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested over time
- Germany
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 55,596 ha against 13,790 ha in Germany, a difference of 41,806 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 4.0 times Germany's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 17th and South America ranks 14th of 133 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,746 ha | 17,266 ha | 7,520 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 11,763 ha | 22,127 ha | 10,364 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 13,757 ha | 32,228 ha | 18,471 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 7,914 ha | 39,414 ha | 31,500 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 9,779 ha | 48,052 ha | 38,273 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 11,059 ha | 52,438 ha | 41,379 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 13,920 ha | 54,419 ha | 40,499 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carrots and turnips — area harvested, Germany or South America?
- South America, at 55,596 ha against 13,790 ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in carrots and turnips — area harvested between Germany and South America?
- 41,806 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and South America rank globally for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 17th and South America ranks 14th of 133 countries.
- 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
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.