China vs Russian Federation: Rye — Area harvested

China
166,529 ha
in 2024
Russian Federation
580,000 ha
in 2024
China rank
6th
Russian Federation rank
3rd

Rye — Area harvested over time

  • China
  • Russian Federation
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922024

How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 580,000 ha against 166,529 ha in China, a difference of 413,471 ha.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 3.5 times China's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Russian Federation has been ahead every year.

China ranks 6th and Russian Federation ranks 3rd of 66 countries.

Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Russian Federation Difference Ahead
1990s 711,149 ha 4.39 million ha 3.68 million ha Russian Federation
2000s 334,700 ha 2.51 million ha 2.18 million ha Russian Federation
2010s 174,996 ha 1.34 million ha 1.17 million ha Russian Federation
2020s 164,839 ha 845,421 ha 680,581 ha Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rye — area harvested, China or Russian Federation?
Russian Federation, at 580,000 ha against 166,529 ha in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in rye — area harvested between China and Russian Federation?
413,471 ha, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Russian Federation?
33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
How do China and Russian Federation rank globally for rye — area harvested?
China ranks 6th and Russian Federation ranks 3rd 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
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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.