Belgium vs Norway: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Belgium
281,940 ha
in 2024
Norway
279,979 ha
in 2024
Belgium rank
111th
Norway rank
112th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Belgium
  • Norway
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 281,940 ha against 279,979 ha in Norway, a difference of 1,961 ha.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Norway ahead.

Belgium ranks 111th and Norway ranks 112th of 178 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Norway Difference Ahead
2000s 317,332 ha 321,364 ha 4,032 ha Norway
2010s 323,638 ha 287,331 ha 36,308 ha Belgium
2020s 308,844 ha 281,393 ha 27,451 ha Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Belgium or Norway?
Belgium, at 281,940 ha against 279,979 ha in Norway as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Belgium and Norway?
1,961 ha, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Norway?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Belgium and Norway rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Belgium ranks 111th and Norway ranks 112th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — 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, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.