China vs Southern Europe: Pears — Area harvested
Pears — Area harvested over time
- China
- Southern Europe
How they compare
China currently reports 978,380 ha against 70,572 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 907,808 ha.
That makes China's figure about 13.9 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Southern Europe ranks 5th of 87 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 136,082 ha | 94,549 ha | 41,533 ha | China |
| 1970s | 260,164 ha | 114,443 ha | 145,722 ha | China |
| 1980s | 380,866 ha | 115,379 ha | 265,487 ha | China |
| 1990s | 792,156 ha | 122,211 ha | 669,945 ha | China |
| 2000s | 1.07 million ha | 108,257 ha | 964,458 ha | China |
| 2010s | 1.04 million ha | 89,751 ha | 953,777 ha | China |
| 2020s | 937,946 ha | 77,307 ha | 860,640 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pears — area harvested, China or Southern Europe?
- China, at 978,380 ha against 70,572 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pears — area harvested between China and Southern Europe?
- 907,808 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Southern Europe rank globally for pears — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st and Southern Europe ranks 5th of 87 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pears — 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.