China vs Europe: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- China
- Europe
How they compare
China currently reports 4.56 million ha against 4.01 million ha in Europe, a difference of 549,440 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Europe ahead.
China ranks 2nd and Europe ranks 3rd of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Europe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.72 million ha | 16.65 million ha | 14.92 million ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 2.11 million ha | 14.12 million ha | 12.01 million ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 2.51 million ha | 11.78 million ha | 9.27 million ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 3.45 million ha | 9.69 million ha | 6.24 million ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 4.61 million ha | 7.16 million ha | 2.56 million ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 4.81 million ha | 5.38 million ha | 567,972 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 4.60 million ha | 4.16 million ha | 440,010 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, China or Europe?
- China, at 4.56 million ha against 4.01 million ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between China and Europe?
- 549,440 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Europe rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- China ranks 2nd and Europe ranks 3rd of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.