South America vs Spain: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- South America
- Spain
How they compare
South America currently reports 122,833 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain, a difference of 25,573 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
South America ranks 13th and Spain ranks 11th of 23 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, South America averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 575,088 ha | 411,988 ha | 163,100 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 424,893 ha | 253,857 ha | 171,036 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 140,640 ha | 219,546 ha | 78,906 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 66,764 ha | 161,882 ha | 95,118 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 57,675 ha | 104,598 ha | 46,922 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 40,431 ha | 148,912 ha | 108,481 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 113,655 ha | 107,336 ha | 6,319 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, South America or Spain?
- South America, at 122,833 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between South America and Spain?
- 25,573 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South America and Spain rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- South America ranks 13th 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.