China vs Western Europe: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- China
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 602,690 ha against 166,529 ha in China, a difference of 436,161 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 3.6 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
China ranks 6th and Western Europe ranks 5th of 66 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.37 million ha | 2.35 million ha | 984,386 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 1.18 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 497,084 ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 795,150 ha | 1.31 million ha | 512,790 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 746,119 ha | 926,824 ha | 180,705 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 334,700 ha | 762,186 ha | 427,486 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 174,996 ha | 701,068 ha | 526,072 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 164,839 ha | 682,449 ha | 517,610 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, China or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 602,690 ha against 166,529 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between China and Western Europe?
- 436,161 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Europe rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- China ranks 6th and Western Europe 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
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.