Americas vs Japan: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Japan
How they compare
Americas currently reports 28,486 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan, a difference of 10,131 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.6 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 7th and Japan ranks 4th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,437 ha | 23,722 ha | 5,285 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 15,491 ha | 23,100 ha | 7,609 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 17,367 ha | 25,930 ha | 8,563 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 18,085 ha | 26,740 ha | 8,655 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 23,170 ha | 23,720 ha | 549.6 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 27,772 ha | 21,050 ha | 6,722 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 32,392 ha | 18,971 ha | 13,421 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Americas or Japan?
- Americas, at 28,486 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Americas and Japan?
- 10,131 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Japan rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 7th and Japan ranks 4th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Spinach — 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.