Asia vs Japan: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Japan
How they compare
Asia currently reports 853,646 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan, a difference of 835,291 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 46.5 times Japan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and Japan ranks 4th of 23 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188,190 ha | 23,722 ha | 164,468 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 136,606 ha | 23,100 ha | 113,506 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 208,658 ha | 25,930 ha | 182,728 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 397,492 ha | 26,740 ha | 370,752 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 712,653 ha | 23,720 ha | 688,933 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 826,944 ha | 21,050 ha | 805,894 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 844,392 ha | 18,971 ha | 825,421 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Asia or Japan?
- Asia, at 853,646 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Asia and Japan?
- 835,291 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Japan rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and Japan ranks 4th of 23 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.