Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Western Europe: Rye — Area harvested

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
52,855 ha
in 2024
Western Europe
602,690 ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
3rd
Western Europe rank
5th

Rye — Area harvested over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Western Europe
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How they compare

Western Europe currently reports 602,690 ha against 52,855 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 549,835 ha.

That makes Western Europe's figure about 11.4 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.

Across all 38 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 3rd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 6 countries.

Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Western Europe Difference Ahead
1980s 84,667 ha 1.20 million ha 1.11 million ha Western Europe
1990s 63,488 ha 926,824 ha 863,336 ha Western Europe
2000s 50,425 ha 762,186 ha 711,761 ha Western Europe
2010s 52,614 ha 701,068 ha 648,454 ha Western Europe
2020s 52,714 ha 682,449 ha 629,735 ha Western Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rye — area harvested, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Western Europe?
Western Europe, at 602,690 ha against 52,855 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Western Europe?
549,835 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Western Europe?
38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Western Europe rank globally for rye — area harvested?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 3rd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 6 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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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.