Canada vs China: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 166,529 ha against 117,000 ha in Canada, a difference of 49,529 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.4 times Canada's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 9th and China ranks 6th of 70 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 284,678 ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.08 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 306,265 ha | 1.18 million ha | 868,735 ha | China |
| 1980s | 369,100 ha | 795,150 ha | 426,050 ha | China |
| 1990s | 187,860 ha | 746,119 ha | 558,259 ha | China |
| 2000s | 127,250 ha | 334,700 ha | 207,450 ha | China |
| 2010s | 100,400 ha | 174,996 ha | 74,596 ha | China |
| 2020s | 130,646 ha | 164,839 ha | 34,193 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Canada or China?
- China, at 166,529 ha against 117,000 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Canada and China?
- 49,529 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and China rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 9th and China ranks 6th of 70 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rye — 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.