Germany vs Spain: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Germany
- Spain
How they compare
Germany currently reports 5.74 million ha against 5.51 million ha in Spain, a difference of 228,940 ha.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 32nd and Spain ranks 33rd of 193 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.27 million ha | 7.16 million ha | 104,904 ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 7.71 million ha | 7.36 million ha | 346,043 ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 7.41 million ha | 7.63 million ha | 220,416 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 6.64 million ha | 6.95 million ha | 311,506 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 6.88 million ha | 6.52 million ha | 368,249 ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 6.42 million ha | 6.12 million ha | 296,392 ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 6.00 million ha | 5.78 million ha | 225,412 ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Germany or Spain?
- Germany, at 5.74 million ha against 5.51 million ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Germany and Spain?
- 228,940 ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Spain rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 32nd and Spain ranks 33rd of 193 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
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.