China vs South America: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time
- China
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 40,335 ha against 18,448 ha in China, a difference of 21,887 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.2 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
China ranks 18th and South America ranks 15th of 69 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,500 ha | 23,811 ha | 20,311 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 4,165 ha | 27,524 ha | 23,360 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 307.7 ha | 13,003 ha | 12,695 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 956.1 ha | 26,887 ha | 25,931 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 12,629 ha | 31,483 ha | 18,855 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 16,661 ha | 39,062 ha | 22,401 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 18,494 ha | 40,666 ha | 22,171 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, China or South America?
- South America, at 40,335 ha against 18,448 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between China and South America?
- 21,887 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South America rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- China ranks 18th and South America ranks 15th of 69 countries.
- 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.