China vs Northern America: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- China
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 279,690 ha against 166,529 ha in China, a difference of 113,161 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.7 times China's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 7th of 66 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Northern America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.37 million ha | 865,027 ha | 501,640 ha | China |
| 1970s | 1.18 million ha | 705,563 ha | 469,437 ha | China |
| 1980s | 795,150 ha | 652,551 ha | 142,599 ha | China |
| 1990s | 746,119 ha | 341,485 ha | 404,634 ha | China |
| 2000s | 334,700 ha | 239,350 ha | 95,350 ha | China |
| 2010s | 174,996 ha | 219,743 ha | 44,746 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 164,839 ha | 267,676 ha | 102,837 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, China or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 279,690 ha against 166,529 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between China and Northern America?
- 113,161 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern America rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- China ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 7th 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.