Japan vs South America: Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested
Chestnuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 60,313 ha against 15,200 ha in Japan, a difference of 45,113 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 4.0 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 7th and South America ranks 6th of 38 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and South America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 39,680 ha | 18,425 ha | 21,255 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 31,950 ha | 24,810 ha | 7,140 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 24,220 ha | 36,924 ha | 12,704 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 19,890 ha | 53,286 ha | 33,396 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 16,300 ha | 60,394 ha | 44,094 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher chestnuts, in shell — area harvested, Japan or South America?
- South America, at 60,313 ha against 15,200 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in chestnuts, in shell — area harvested between Japan and South America?
- 45,113 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South America?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Japan and South America rank globally for chestnuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 7th and South America ranks 6th of 38 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Chestnuts, in shell — 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.