Netherlands (Kingdom of the) vs Portugal: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
153,500 ha
in 2024
Portugal
191,630 ha
in 2024
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank
122nd
Portugal rank
119th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
  • Portugal
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 191,630 ha against 153,500 ha in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), a difference of 38,130 ha.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands (Kingdom of the)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 122nd and Portugal ranks 119th of 178 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 467,857 ha 1.81 million ha 1.34 million ha Portugal
1970s 278,826 ha 1.36 million ha 1.08 million ha Portugal
1980s 197,380 ha 990,869 ha 793,489 ha Portugal
1990s 192,545 ha 687,279 ha 494,734 ha Portugal
2000s 220,865 ha 427,991 ha 207,126 ha Portugal
2010s 187,833 ha 271,041 ha 83,208 ha Portugal
2020s 173,790 ha 200,738 ha 26,948 ha Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) or Portugal?
Portugal, at 191,630 ha against 153,500 ha in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and Portugal?
38,130 ha, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and Portugal?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and Portugal rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 122nd and Portugal ranks 119th 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.