Spain vs Western Asia: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Spain
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 165,135 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain, a difference of 67,875 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.7 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
Spain ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 5th of 66 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 1 and Western Asia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 411,988 ha | 698,222 ha | 286,234 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 253,857 ha | 569,300 ha | 315,443 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 219,546 ha | 273,744 ha | 54,198 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 161,882 ha | 148,562 ha | 13,320 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 104,598 ha | 136,867 ha | 32,270 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 148,912 ha | 164,173 ha | 15,261 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 107,336 ha | 178,209 ha | 70,873 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Spain or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 165,135 ha against 97,260 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Spain and Western Asia?
- 67,875 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Western Asia rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 5th 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.