Asia vs Italy: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested

Asia
243,908 ha
in 2024
Italy
22,950 ha
in 2024
Asia rank
3rd
Italy rank
14th

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time

  • Asia
  • Italy
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How they compare

Asia currently reports 243,908 ha against 22,950 ha in Italy, a difference of 220,958 ha.

That makes Asia's figure about 10.6 times Italy's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 3rd and Italy ranks 14th of 6 regions.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia Italy Difference Ahead
1960s 58,784 ha 7,344 ha 51,440 ha Asia
1970s 60,102 ha 1,341 ha 58,761 ha Asia
1980s 64,218 ha 1,241 ha 62,977 ha Asia
1990s 97,618 ha 4,306 ha 93,312 ha Asia
2000s 142,943 ha 9,248 ha 133,695 ha Asia
2010s 349,528 ha 30,484 ha 319,044 ha Asia
2020s 248,949 ha 27,382 ha 221,567 ha Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, Asia or Italy?
Asia, at 243,908 ha against 22,950 ha in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between Asia and Italy?
220,958 ha, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Italy?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Asia and Italy rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
Asia ranks 3rd and Italy ranks 14th of 6 regions.
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

Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.