France vs Western Europe: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- France
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 1.05 million ha against 411,630 ha in France, a difference of 639,850 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 2.6 times France's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
France ranks 4th 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 | France | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 368,400 ha | 1.09 million ha | 722,347 ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 521,630 ha | 1.42 million ha | 899,673 ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 500,965 ha | 1.44 million ha | 935,088 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 451,842 ha | 1.26 million ha | 808,033 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 393,500 ha | 1.05 million ha | 657,055 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 416,699 ha | 992,717 ha | 576,018 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 404,470 ha | 995,310 ha | 590,840 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, France or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 1.05 million ha against 411,630 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between France and Western Europe?
- 639,850 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Western Europe rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- France ranks 4th 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.