Japan vs Northern America: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 21,207 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan, a difference of 2,852 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.
Japan ranks 4th and Northern America ranks 9th of 69 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Northern America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,722 ha | 17,828 ha | 5,894 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 23,100 ha | 14,343 ha | 8,757 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 25,930 ha | 14,029 ha | 11,901 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 26,740 ha | 14,388 ha | 12,352 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 23,720 ha | 19,039 ha | 4,681 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 21,050 ha | 21,288 ha | 238.3 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 18,971 ha | 25,583 ha | 6,612 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Japan or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 21,207 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Japan and Northern America?
- 2,852 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Northern America rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 4th and Northern America ranks 9th 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.