China vs South America: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- China
- South America
How they compare
China currently reports 166,529 ha against 122,833 ha in South America, a difference of 43,696 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.4 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and South America ranks 13th of 66 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.37 million ha | 575,088 ha | 791,579 ha | China |
| 1970s | 1.18 million ha | 424,893 ha | 750,107 ha | China |
| 1980s | 795,150 ha | 140,640 ha | 654,510 ha | China |
| 1990s | 746,119 ha | 66,764 ha | 679,355 ha | China |
| 2000s | 334,700 ha | 57,675 ha | 277,025 ha | China |
| 2010s | 174,996 ha | 40,431 ha | 134,565 ha | China |
| 2020s | 164,839 ha | 113,655 ha | 51,184 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, China or South America?
- China, at 166,529 ha against 122,833 ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between China and South America?
- 43,696 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South America rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- China ranks 6th and South America ranks 13th 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.