USSR vs Western Europe: Grapes — Area harvested
Grapes — Area harvested over time
- USSR
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 902,324 ha against 845,800 ha in USSR, a difference of 56,524 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.1 times USSR's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
USSR ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 6th of 98 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | USSR | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 709,111 ha | 1.51 million ha | 796,137 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 817,300 ha | 1.35 million ha | 534,893 ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 931,700 ha | 1.18 million ha | 252,949 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 860,788 ha | 1.07 million ha | 212,398 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher grapes — area harvested, USSR or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 902,324 ha against 845,800 ha in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in grapes — area harvested between USSR and Western Europe?
- 56,524 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for USSR and Western Europe?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do USSR and Western Europe rank globally for grapes — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 6th of 98 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grapes — 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.