Japan vs Western Europe: Pears — Area harvested
Pears — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 30,433 ha against 10,900 ha in Japan, a difference of 19,533 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 2.8 times Japan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 15th of 87 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,449 ha | 32,173 ha | 11,724 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 20,023 ha | 29,408 ha | 9,385 ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 21,137 ha | 42,517 ha | 21,380 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 20,038 ha | 29,902 ha | 9,864 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 17,080 ha | 26,471 ha | 9,391 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 14,082 ha | 26,949 ha | 12,867 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 11,480 ha | 30,044 ha | 18,564 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pears — area harvested, Japan or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 30,433 ha against 10,900 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pears — area harvested between Japan and Western Europe?
- 19,533 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Europe rank globally for pears — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 15th 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.