China, Taiwan Province of vs Norway: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

China, Taiwan Province of
291,168 ha
in 2024
Norway
279,979 ha
in 2024
China, Taiwan Province of rank
109th
Norway rank
112th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • China, Taiwan Province of
  • Norway
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How they compare

China, Taiwan Province of currently reports 291,168 ha against 279,979 ha in Norway, a difference of 11,189 ha.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, Taiwan Province of ahead.

China, Taiwan Province of ranks 109th and Norway ranks 112th of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, China, Taiwan Province of averaged higher in 5 and Norway in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, Taiwan Province of Norway Difference Ahead
1960s 828,885 ha 234,518 ha 594,367 ha China, Taiwan Province of
1970s 806,930 ha 288,420 ha 518,510 ha China, Taiwan Province of
1980s 648,501 ha 329,493 ha 319,008 ha China, Taiwan Province of
1990s 470,015 ha 345,892 ha 124,122 ha China, Taiwan Province of
2000s 304,985 ha 321,364 ha 16,379 ha Norway
2010s 293,665 ha 287,331 ha 6,334 ha China, Taiwan Province of
2020s 278,730 ha 281,393 ha 2,663 ha Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, China, Taiwan Province of or Norway?
China, Taiwan Province of, at 291,168 ha against 279,979 ha in Norway as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between China, Taiwan Province of and Norway?
11,189 ha, with China, Taiwan Province of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, Taiwan Province of and Norway?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China, Taiwan Province of and Norway rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 109th 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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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.