China vs Southern Europe: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time
- China
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 39,367 ha against 18,448 ha in China, a difference of 20,919 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 2.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Europe ahead.
China ranks 18th and Southern Europe ranks 16th of 69 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Southern Europe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,500 ha | 7,344 ha | 3,844 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 4,165 ha | 1,341 ha | 2,824 ha | China |
| 1980s | 307.7 ha | 1,241 ha | 933.6 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 956.1 ha | 19,710 ha | 18,754 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 12,629 ha | 38,938 ha | 26,309 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 16,661 ha | 70,563 ha | 53,902 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 18,494 ha | 45,803 ha | 27,309 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, China or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 39,367 ha against 18,448 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between China and Southern Europe?
- 20,919 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Southern Europe rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- China ranks 18th and Southern Europe ranks 16th 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.