Americas vs China, People's Republic of: Sugar beet β€” Area harvested

Americas
469,747 ha
in 2024
China, People's Republic of
217,570 ha
in 2024
Americas rank
4th
China, People's Republic of rank
8th

Sugar beet β€” Area harvested over time

  • Americas
  • China, People's Republic of
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How they compare

Americas currently reports 469,747 ha against 217,570 ha in China, People's Republic of, a difference of 252,177 ha.

That makes Americas's figure about 2.2 times China, People's Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.

Americas ranks 4th and China, People's Republic of ranks 8th of 10 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas China, People's Republic of Difference Ahead
1960s 580,837 ha 155,244 ha 425,593 ha Americas
1970s 610,911 ha 290,290 ha 320,621 ha Americas
1980s 549,340 ha 527,525 ha 21,815 ha Americas
1990s 646,717 ha 627,951 ha 18,766 ha Americas
2000s 554,520 ha 264,503 ha 290,017 ha Americas
2010s 491,009 ha 186,103 ha 304,906 ha Americas
2020s 480,309 ha 176,634 ha 303,675 ha Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar beet β€” area harvested, Americas or China, People's Republic of?
Americas, at 469,747 ha against 217,570 ha in China, People's Republic of as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar beet β€” area harvested between Americas and China, People's Republic of?
252,177 ha, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, People's Republic of?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and China, People's Republic of rank globally for sugar beet β€” area harvested?
Americas ranks 4th and China, People's Republic of ranks 8th of 10 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar beet β€” Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sugar beet β€” Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,772 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.