France vs South America: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- France
- South America
How they compare
France currently reports 4,800 ha against 3,639 ha in South America, a difference of 1,161 ha.
That makes France's figure about 1.3 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
France ranks 12th and South America ranks 17th of 69 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,101 ha | 415 ha | 4,686 ha | France |
| 1970s | 5,850 ha | 832 ha | 5,018 ha | France |
| 1980s | 6,370 ha | 1,071 ha | 5,299 ha | France |
| 1990s | 6,602 ha | 1,515 ha | 5,087 ha | France |
| 2000s | 6,019 ha | 1,873 ha | 4,146 ha | France |
| 2010s | 5,544 ha | 3,282 ha | 2,261 ha | France |
| 2020s | 5,194 ha | 3,144 ha | 2,050 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, France or South America?
- France, at 4,800 ha against 3,639 ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between France and South America?
- 1,161 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and South America rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- France ranks 12th and South America ranks 17th of 69 countries.
- 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.