Italy vs Romania: Cereals, primary — Production

Italy
14.14 million t
in 2024
Romania
17.86 million t
in 2024
Italy rank
32nd
Romania rank
29th

Cereals, primary — Production over time

  • Italy
  • Romania
10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M30.0M196119922024

How they compare

Romania currently reports 17.86 million t against 14.14 million t in Italy, a difference of 3.73 million t.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 32nd and Romania ranks 29th of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Romania Difference Ahead
1960s 14.52 million t 11.94 million t 2.58 million t Italy
1970s 16.36 million t 16.00 million t 360,380 t Italy
1980s 18.25 million t 18.72 million t 472,900 t Romania
1990s 19.78 million t 17.11 million t 2.66 million t Italy
2000s 20.43 million t 15.57 million t 4.86 million t Italy
2010s 17.93 million t 22.35 million t 4.42 million t Romania
2020s 15.48 million t 20.69 million t 5.21 million t Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — production, Italy or Romania?
Romania, at 17.86 million t against 14.14 million t in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — production between Italy and Romania?
3.73 million t, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Romania?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Italy and Romania rank globally for cereals, primary — production?
Italy ranks 32nd and Romania ranks 29th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Production
Unit
t
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.