China vs Eastern Asia: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- China
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 219,385 ha against 166,529 ha in China, a difference of 52,856 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.3 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 66 countries.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.37 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 13,539 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 1.18 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 4,580 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 795,150 ha | 822,048 ha | 26,898 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 746,119 ha | 809,643 ha | 63,524 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 334,700 ha | 385,128 ha | 50,428 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 174,996 ha | 227,612 ha | 52,616 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 164,839 ha | 217,555 ha | 52,716 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, China or Eastern Asia?
- Eastern Asia, at 219,385 ha against 166,529 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between China and Eastern Asia?
- 52,856 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Asia rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- China ranks 6th and Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 66 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.