Americas vs China (People’s Republic of): Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China (People’s Republic of)
How they compare
Americas currently reports 44,105 ha against 18,448 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 25,657 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 2.4 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 8th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 18th of 8 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China (People’s Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,811 ha | 3,500 ha | 20,311 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 27,524 ha | 4,165 ha | 23,360 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 13,385 ha | 307.7 ha | 13,077 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 28,225 ha | 956.1 ha | 27,269 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 33,941 ha | 12,629 ha | 21,312 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 42,954 ha | 16,661 ha | 26,293 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 43,952 ha | 18,494 ha | 25,457 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, Americas or China (People’s Republic of)?
- Americas, at 44,105 ha against 18,448 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between Americas and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 25,657 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 8th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 18th of 8 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals n.e.c. — 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.