Southern Europe vs Spain: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Southern Europe
- Spain
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 133,183 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain, a difference of 35,923 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.4 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
Southern Europe ranks 12th and Spain ranks 11th of 23 groups.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Europe | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 919,878 ha | 411,988 ha | 507,890 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 588,357 ha | 253,857 ha | 334,500 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 422,146 ha | 219,546 ha | 202,601 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 285,648 ha | 161,882 ha | 123,766 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 171,242 ha | 104,598 ha | 66,645 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 200,650 ha | 148,912 ha | 51,738 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 146,671 ha | 107,336 ha | 39,335 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Southern Europe or Spain?
- Southern Europe, at 133,183 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Southern Europe and Spain?
- 35,923 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Europe and Spain rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 12th 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.