China vs Northern America: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- China
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 457,590 ha against 217,570 ha in China, a difference of 240,020 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 2.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.
China ranks 8th and Northern America ranks 7th of 68 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Northern America in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155,244 ha | 546,487 ha | 391,243 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 290,290 ha | 557,478 ha | 267,188 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 527,525 ha | 499,422 ha | 28,102 ha | China |
| 1990s | 627,951 ha | 595,460 ha | 32,492 ha | China |
| 2000s | 264,503 ha | 521,393 ha | 256,890 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 186,103 ha | 469,767 ha | 283,664 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 176,634 ha | 469,254 ha | 292,620 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, China or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 457,590 ha against 217,570 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between China and Northern America?
- 240,020 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern America rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th and Northern America ranks 7th of 68 countries.
- 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.