Northern Europe vs Spain: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Northern Europe
- Spain
How they compare
Northern Europe currently reports 276,230 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain, a difference of 178,970 ha.
That makes Northern Europe's figure about 2.8 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Northern Europe ranks 8th and Spain ranks 11th of 23 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Europe averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Europe | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 244,533 ha | 411,988 ha | 167,455 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 215,113 ha | 253,857 ha | 38,744 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 191,151 ha | 219,546 ha | 28,394 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 392,446 ha | 161,882 ha | 230,564 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 246,658 ha | 104,598 ha | 142,060 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2010s | 253,764 ha | 148,912 ha | 104,852 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2020s | 286,722 ha | 107,336 ha | 179,386 ha | Northern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Northern Europe or Spain?
- Northern Europe, at 276,230 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Northern Europe and Spain?
- 178,970 ha, with Northern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Europe and Spain rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 8th and Spain ranks 11th of 23 groups.
- 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.