France vs Sudan (former): Cereals, primary — Area harvested

France
8.53 million ha
in 2024
Sudan (former)
9.93 million ha
in 2011
France rank
23rd
Sudan (former) rank
21st

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • France
  • Sudan (former)
2.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M196119922024

How they compare

Sudan (former) currently reports 9.93 million ha against 8.53 million ha in France, a difference of 1.40 million ha.

That makes Sudan (former)'s figure about 1.2 times France's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.

France ranks 23rd and Sudan (former) ranks 21st of 178 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
1960s 9.28 million ha 2.10 million ha 7.18 million ha France
1970s 9.67 million ha 3.73 million ha 5.94 million ha France
1980s 9.56 million ha 5.70 million ha 3.85 million ha France
1990s 8.84 million ha 7.78 million ha 1.07 million ha France
2000s 9.24 million ha 8.71 million ha 531,797 ha France
2010s 9.28 million ha 8.91 million ha 369,735 ha France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, France or Sudan (former)?
Sudan (former), at 9.93 million ha against 8.53 million ha in France as of 2011.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between France and Sudan (former)?
1.40 million ha, with Sudan (former) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Sudan (former)?
51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.
How do France and Sudan (former) rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
France ranks 23rd and Sudan (former) ranks 21st 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.