China vs Western Europe: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- China
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 1.05 million ha against 217,570 ha in China, a difference of 833,910 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 4.8 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
China ranks 8th and Western Europe ranks 5th of 68 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155,244 ha | 1.09 million ha | 935,502 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 290,290 ha | 1.42 million ha | 1.13 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 527,525 ha | 1.44 million ha | 908,528 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 627,951 ha | 1.26 million ha | 631,924 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 264,503 ha | 1.05 million ha | 786,052 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 186,103 ha | 992,717 ha | 806,614 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 176,634 ha | 995,310 ha | 818,676 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, China or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 1.05 million ha against 217,570 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between China and Western Europe?
- 833,910 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Europe rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th and Western Europe ranks 5th 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.