Canada vs Thailand: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Canada
15.83 million ha
in 2024
Thailand
12.53 million ha
in 2024
Canada rank
12th
Thailand rank
15th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Canada
  • Thailand
5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

How they compare

Canada currently reports 15.83 million ha against 12.53 million ha in Thailand, a difference of 3.31 million ha.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.3 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 12th and Thailand ranks 15th of 178 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Thailand Difference Ahead
1960s 18.75 million ha 7.17 million ha 11.58 million ha Canada
1970s 17.87 million ha 9.07 million ha 8.80 million ha Canada
1980s 21.27 million ha 11.28 million ha 9.99 million ha Canada
1990s 19.39 million ha 10.64 million ha 8.75 million ha Canada
2000s 16.46 million ha 11.43 million ha 5.03 million ha Canada
2010s 14.46 million ha 12.47 million ha 1.99 million ha Canada
2020s 15.82 million ha 12.40 million ha 3.42 million ha Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Canada or Thailand?
Canada, at 15.83 million ha against 12.53 million ha in Thailand as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Canada and Thailand?
3.31 million ha, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Thailand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and Thailand rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Canada ranks 12th and Thailand ranks 15th 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
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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.