China vs Germany: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- China
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 156,200 ha against 154,830 ha in China, a difference of 1,370 ha.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 17th and Germany ranks 15th of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Germany in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.14 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 65,491 ha | China |
| 1970s | 799,800 ha | 1.02 million ha | 221,137 ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 550,150 ha | 734,208 ha | 184,058 ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 515,720 ha | 341,577 ha | 174,143 ha | China |
| 2000s | 279,700 ha | 210,676 ha | 69,024 ha | China |
| 2010s | 165,638 ha | 132,153 ha | 33,485 ha | China |
| 2020s | 154,844 ha | 158,040 ha | 3,196 ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, China or Germany?
- Germany, at 156,200 ha against 154,830 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between China and Germany?
- 1,370 ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Germany?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Germany rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- China ranks 17th and Germany ranks 15th of 84 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oats — 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.