China vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Rye — Area harvested

China
166,529 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
491 ha
in 2024
China rank
6th
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
5th

Rye — Area harvested over time

  • China
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 166,529 ha against 491 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 166,038 ha.

That makes China's figure about 339.2 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 6th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th of 66 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Iran (Islamic Republic of) Difference Ahead
1960s 1.37 million ha 0 ha 1.37 million ha China
1970s 1.18 million ha 0 ha 1.18 million ha China
1980s 795,150 ha 107.1 ha 795,043 ha China
1990s 746,119 ha 1,192 ha 744,927 ha China
2000s 334,700 ha 674.6 ha 334,025 ha China
2010s 174,996 ha 460.8 ha 174,535 ha China
2020s 164,839 ha 491.2 ha 164,348 ha China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rye — area harvested, China or Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
China, at 166,529 ha against 491 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in rye — area harvested between China and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
166,038 ha, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for rye — area harvested?
China ranks 6th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th 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

Indicator
Rye — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
95 places, 4,865 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.