Africa vs China, mainland: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- China, mainland
How they compare
Africa currently reports 288,877 ha against 217,570 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 71,307 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.3 times China, mainland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.
Africa ranks 11th and China, mainland ranks 8th of 22 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 2 and China, mainland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,830 ha | 155,244 ha | 137,415 ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 59,903 ha | 290,290 ha | 230,387 ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 78,114 ha | 527,525 ha | 449,411 ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 89,897 ha | 627,951 ha | 538,054 ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 133,625 ha | 264,503 ha | 130,878 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 253,363 ha | 186,103 ha | 67,260 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 285,236 ha | 176,634 ha | 108,602 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, Africa or China, mainland?
- Africa, at 288,877 ha against 217,570 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between Africa and China, mainland?
- 71,307 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China, mainland rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th and China, mainland ranks 8th of 22 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar beet — 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.