Northern America vs Spain: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- Northern America
- Spain
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 1.35 million ha against 514,060 ha in Spain, a difference of 837,700 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 2.6 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Northern America ranks 6th and Spain ranks 8th of 24 groups.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern America | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.26 million ha | 515,327 ha | 10.74 million ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 7.74 million ha | 454,400 ha | 7.28 million ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 4.64 million ha | 422,083 ha | 4.22 million ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 2.83 million ha | 363,040 ha | 2.47 million ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 2.09 million ha | 487,047 ha | 1.60 million ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 1.43 million ha | 490,174 ha | 936,567 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 1.49 million ha | 490,022 ha | 1.00 million ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, Northern America or Spain?
- Northern America, at 1.35 million ha against 514,060 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between Northern America and Spain?
- 837,700 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern America and Spain rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 6th and Spain ranks 8th of 24 groups.
- 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.