Japan vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
Japan currently reports 18,355 ha against 9,938 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a difference of 8,417 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.8 times Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 4th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd of 69 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,722 ha | 1,462 ha | 22,260 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 23,100 ha | 1,925 ha | 21,175 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 25,930 ha | 3,016 ha | 22,914 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 26,740 ha | 4,610 ha | 22,130 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 23,720 ha | 6,624 ha | 17,096 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 21,050 ha | 8,581 ha | 12,469 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 18,971 ha | 9,176 ha | 9,795 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Japan or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Japan, at 18,355 ha against 9,938 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Japan and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 8,417 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 4th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd 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.