Japan vs Southern Europe: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 19,434 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan, a difference of 1,079 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 4th and Southern Europe ranks 11th of 69 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Southern Europe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,722 ha | 13,652 ha | 10,070 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 23,100 ha | 13,832 ha | 9,268 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 25,930 ha | 14,245 ha | 11,685 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 26,740 ha | 15,274 ha | 11,466 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 23,720 ha | 15,156 ha | 8,564 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 21,050 ha | 17,400 ha | 3,650 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 18,971 ha | 21,093 ha | 2,122 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Japan or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 19,434 ha against 18,355 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Japan and Southern Europe?
- 1,079 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Southern Europe rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 4th and Southern Europe ranks 11th 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.