France vs Western Asia: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- France
- Western Asia
How they compare
France currently reports 411,630 ha against 341,677 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 69,953 ha.
That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 4th and Western Asia ranks 9th of 68 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 368,400 ha | 155,976 ha | 212,424 ha | France |
| 1970s | 521,630 ha | 222,498 ha | 299,132 ha | France |
| 1980s | 500,965 ha | 367,870 ha | 133,095 ha | France |
| 1990s | 451,842 ha | 446,392 ha | 5,450 ha | France |
| 2000s | 393,500 ha | 371,026 ha | 22,474 ha | France |
| 2010s | 416,699 ha | 325,930 ha | 90,769 ha | France |
| 2020s | 404,470 ha | 340,577 ha | 63,893 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, France or Western Asia?
- France, at 411,630 ha against 341,677 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between France and Western Asia?
- 69,953 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Western Asia rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- France ranks 4th and Western Asia ranks 9th 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.