France vs Germany: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- France
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 437,200 ha against 411,630 ha in France, a difference of 25,570 ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.
France ranks 4th and Germany ranks 3rd of 73 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Germany in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 368,400 ha | 510,871 ha | 142,471 ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 521,630 ha | 615,957 ha | 94,327 ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 500,965 ha | 632,541 ha | 131,576 ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 451,842 ha | 524,553 ha | 72,711 ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 393,500 ha | 417,858 ha | 24,357 ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 416,699 ha | 380,062 ha | 36,637 ha | France |
| 2020s | 404,470 ha | 401,200 ha | 3,270 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, France or Germany?
- Germany, at 437,200 ha against 411,630 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between France and Germany?
- 25,570 ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Germany rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- France ranks 4th and Germany ranks 3rd of 73 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.