Europe vs Japan: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Japan
How they compare
Europe currently reports 37,775 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan, a difference of 19,420 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 2.1 times Japan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 4th and Japan ranks 4th of 25 regions.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,115 ha | 23,722 ha | 6,393 ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 30,175 ha | 23,100 ha | 7,075 ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 31,240 ha | 25,930 ha | 5,310 ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 32,522 ha | 26,740 ha | 5,782 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 34,029 ha | 23,720 ha | 10,309 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 36,456 ha | 21,050 ha | 15,406 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 40,869 ha | 18,971 ha | 21,898 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Europe or Japan?
- Europe, at 37,775 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Europe and Japan?
- 19,420 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Japan rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 4th and Japan ranks 4th of 25 regions.
- 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.