Americas vs China: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
Americas currently reports 130.48 million ha against 27.60 million ha in China, a difference of 102.87 million ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 4.7 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 3rd of 29 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.91 million ha | 17.96 million ha | 13.95 million ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 47.44 million ha | 17.20 million ha | 30.23 million ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 58.44 million ha | 22.49 million ha | 35.96 million ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 65.50 million ha | 25.85 million ha | 39.65 million ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 86.10 million ha | 28.84 million ha | 57.25 million ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 110.67 million ha | 25.59 million ha | 85.09 million ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 123.84 million ha | 26.62 million ha | 97.22 million ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Americas or China?
- Americas, at 130.48 million ha against 27.60 million ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Americas and China?
- 102.87 million ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 3rd of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.