Germany vs Northern Europe: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Germany
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Germany currently reports 535,600 ha against 276,230 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 259,370 ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.9 times Northern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 4th and Northern Europe ranks 8th of 66 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.84 million ha | 244,533 ha | 1.60 million ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 1.36 million ha | 215,113 ha | 1.15 million ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 1.10 million ha | 191,151 ha | 909,780 ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 796,333 ha | 392,446 ha | 403,887 ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 680,950 ha | 246,658 ha | 434,293 ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 624,731 ha | 253,764 ha | 370,968 ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 603,300 ha | 286,722 ha | 316,578 ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Germany or Northern Europe?
- Germany, at 535,600 ha against 276,230 ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Germany and Northern Europe?
- 259,370 ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Northern Europe rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 4th and Northern Europe ranks 8th 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.